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Our Treasure ShopThe Atocha
Treasure Some HistoryTitanicPiratesAtocha News!The Fisher family has announced the discovery of the sterncastle portion of the Atocha, and potentially millions of dollars of additional treasure. Read the Associated Press article.
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Atocha Treasure Collection |
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These treasure pieces are reproductions of treasure recovered from the Atocha wreck site, and hand crafted from silver ...more |
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Genuine Atocha Coins |
His positive attitude inspired family and crew members to keep searching for the Atocha for sixteen long years. It inspired others to back his search with millions of dollars. It taught all of us the importance of...more |
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These genuine Atocha shipwreck coins have been mounted into a 14k bezel. They come with a Certificate of... more |
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Atocha Era Coins |
The Spanish Treasure Galleon Nuestra Senora De Atocha tragically ended her voyage on a reef off the Florida Keys on September 6, 1622, taking with her 264 souls, many of whom were of royal blood. She scattered over 47 troy tons of treasure over 50 miles of ocean bottom. There were only 5 people to survive... more |
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These genuine Spanish coins are all from the same era as the coins from the Atocha shipwreck, but are either land finds or from other shipwrecks. They are all... more | ||||||
Artifacts |
The assayer and his Indian slave assistants produce the coins of the mint. The Indian in the center is taking freshly poured strips of silver and beating the strips flat. He then hands the beaten strips to the worker at the left, who cuts the strips into coin... more |
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These artifacts include silver and copper bars form the Atocha as well as artifacts from other shipwrecks...more | ||||||
Chains |
Spain has gone to great lengths to preserve her written history. The Archive of the Indies, in Seville, is one of its most important repositories. Forty thousand bundles of preserved and guarded documents- 50 million pages- reveal the history of Spains expansion into the Americas and... more |
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These chain styles were selected especially to complement our Treasure Pieces. All the chains are finished with a lobster claw... more |
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Titanic |
In 1714, the Spanish Queen had died. Felipe V chose Elizabeth Farnesse, Duchess of Parma as the new Queen. She would not marry the King, however, until a large dowry of jewels from the New World had arrived. more |
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Titanic: "Ship of Dreams", "The Unsinkable Ship", and now the "Most Famous Shipwreck of All". Known by many different names, the Titanic will never be forgotten. more |
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Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers |
The Hunley was probably the worlds first real submarine. It was certainly the first submarine to sink a warship. Named after the man who financed its construction in Louisiana during the Civil War, the Hunley was put into the service of the Confederacy defending the port of Charleston, South Carolina. more |
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Pirates swore allegiance to no one, and received the protection of no nation. Any ship on the sea was fair game. And though piracy has existed since the very beginnings of travel by sea, it is the "Golden Age of Piracy" of the 16th and 17th centuries that we are most familiar with. more |
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