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How many ships of the 1715 fleet have been found?

Of the eleven ships making up the 1715 Fleet, one managed to get away, le Griffon captained by Antoine d’Aire, all the Spanish ships sunk, but two that were salvaged by the Spanish from 1715 to about 1718 were never found in modern times, and at least two were lost at sea with all souls.
Who found the Aurelia treasure?
Mel Fisher
On July 20, 1985 – 35 years ago today – Mel Fisher discovered the shipwreck of the Nuestra Senora De Atocha off the Florida Keys. The cargo’s value is estimated to be worth around $400 million. The treasure includes 24 tons of silver bullion, ingots, and coins, 125 gold bars and discs and 1,200 pounds silverware.
What is the biggest sunken treasure ever found?
Nuestra Senora de Atocha
An Engineer Found the Most Valuable Underwater Treasure Ever Discovered. In July 1985, after a dogged 16-year-search, Mel Fisher found the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, which carried $1 billion in treasure.
Has the Queens Dowry been found?
$4.5-million treasure discovered off Florida coast Exactly 300 years to the day after a hurricane destroyed 11 Spanish ships off the coast of Florida, a salvage company made an incredible discovery worth $4.5 million. Brent Brisben, 1715 Fleet Queens Jewels CEO, said the July 30 find was “magical” and “surreal.”
Did Mel Fisher keep his treasure?
Mel Fisher, a former chicken farmer who became a Horatio Alger figure among undersea treasure hunters, died on Saturday at his home in Key West, Fla. He was 76. Eventually his son Kane located the underwater bounty in 1985, and treasure worth roughly $400 million was recovered.
How much money is there in the ocean?
A new report highlights the economic value of Earth’s marine environments. Our oceans are worth at least $24 trillion, according to a new WWF report Reviving the Ocean Economy: The case for action—2015.
Who Found 1715 treasure fleet?
Brent Brisben
In 2015, 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels, LLC and their founder Brent Brisben discovered $4.5 million in gold coins off the coast of Vero Beach, Florida; the coins come from the 1715 Fleet shipwreck site known as the Corrigans wreck.
Who inherited Mel Fisher’s fortune?
He hunted doggedly for years for the cargo of a single treasure-packed galleon, the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, which sank in 1622 near the Florida Keys. Eventually his son Kane located the underwater bounty in 1985, and treasure worth roughly $400 million was recovered.