Thursday, October 9, 2014

Spanish Gold

Well here we are, 

With the gold of 1715 Spanish Fleet

  1. On July 31, a hurricane struck the Florida coast, sinking 10 of the 11 ships that made up the plate fleet of 1715.
  2. The plate fleets carried 20% of tax that was imposed on gold,silver and other valuables.
  3. This was probably the largest loss of treasure in all of maritime history.
  4. A beachcomber, Kip Wagner, resident of Sebastian creek on Florida coast, found  coral- encrusted lukp of coins , walking down the shore.
  5. After showing his findin to a certain Kip Kelso, Kelso at the library of Congress, found a book  - A Concise Natural History Of East & West Florida by Bernard Romans.
  6. This gave Wagner an exact location of the wrecked fleet.
  7. Armed with this information ,Wagner took to the sea  & immediately found what he was looking for. 
Savages continue at this location till date.

I would like to here from you guys with any feedback , be it good or bad!!!

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