How GPS caught the 1715 treasure thieves

from Unlocking the Unknown · host Atlas Gray

The 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet comprised eleven ships laden with New World gold and silver that were destroyed by a hurricane off the Florida coast. This catastrophe claimed over a thousand lives and ignited a surge in piracy as notorious figures like Henry Jennings raided Spanish salvage camps to steal recovered treasure. Modern explorers have since recovered millions of dollars in artifacts, though a significant portion of the fleet's vast fortune remains undiscovered on the seafloor.

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