フロリダ 沖で1622年に沈没したスペイン船から、1990ー91年にフロリダのTampaに本拠を置く宝探し会社のOdyssey社が405mの海底から金棒、銀貸、真珠などの宝石を回収、展示
España y Odyssey, capítulo segundo
La compañía de cazatesoros recuperó en los noventa barras de oro y monedas de plata
El botín se hallaba en un buque destruido por un huracán en 1622
El navío formaba parte de la flota española Tierra Firme que navegaba hacia Sevilla
Oro para España
“Espero que Odyssey haya aprendido”
Carolina García Washington 5 ABR 2013 - 13:27 CET
Spain and Odyssey, Chapter Two
The company recovered in the nineties cazatesoros gold bars and silver coins
The loot was in a ship destroyed by a hurricane in 1622
The ship was part of the Spanish fleet that sailed mainland Sevilla
Gold for Spain
"I hope you have learned Odyssey"
Carolina Garcia Washington 5 ABR 2013 - 13:27 CET
On September 5, 1622 the Spanish merchant galleon El Buen Jesus and Our Lady of the Rosary, which was part of the Tierra Firme fleet of 28 ships and sailing to Spain from the New World, just from Cumana (what is now known as New Cordoba, Venezuela), sank before reaching shore by a strong hurricane hit against the Florida Keys. Eight ships sank in total.
Some 500 people died in the incident, including 121 missionaries. Next to their bodies, ran under the sea also 39 bars of gold, 1,184 silver coins and over 6,000 pearls. Experts believe that the loss of these treasures ended up bankrupting the Bank of Spain, already weakened by a series of costly wars and rising inflation.
It was not until the early nineties (1990-1991), four centuries later, the merchant vessel was recovered at 405 meters deep in the islands Tortugas in the Florida Keys by the Odyssey company, as reported this week, intends to expose the loot headquartered in Tampa soon.
"This wreck is of great value for what it meant loss. And reflects the trade conducted between colonial Spain and the Americas, which is slightly less visible in the archaeological record. Her wreck was a turning point that marked the beginning of the end of the Golden Age of Spain ", explained London experts in various documents posted on the Odyssey this week Wed. Cumaná was known in the 1620s for the cultivation of snuff, "so you believe that the good Jesus could be carrying at the time of the disaster, a major shipment of this plant in Seville", say the archaeologists. The documents are available on the website of the treasure hunters.
A total of 16,903 artifacts have been recovered, many yet to be identified, have been collected from the depths through robotic technology, exactly the remotely operated vehicle, Merlin. Research has concluded that the good Jesus was built in Portugal and led by Spanish. The owner was Juan de la Torre and captain Manuel Diaz. Odyssey President, Greg Stemm, said in a statement that "the greatest discovery of our time."
Experts explain the reports that more than 6,000 pearls found, scattered in the sea after the accident. They are jewels that were created by an oyster endangered at the time. "According to records, this was the first sea creature ever to be exploited in the Caribbean, a task that took the lives of more than 60,000 slaves", experts say.
Among the findings was also discovered a collection of animal bones 165. Examined in 2011, these are animals that were on the ship when it sank as pigs, sheep and chickens among others. "In addition, there were bones of rats, which is not uncommon because of the plague of the Plague that was ravaging the known world at that time. Most significant has been found remains of cats and a rare and little blue-headed parrot, "conclude the experts in the documents.
This is the second time that Odyssey and Spain are involved in the same story. The first was resolved a year ago with a victory round the country: after a long fight in the courts, the U.S. courts decided that the 595,000 gold and silver coins that the company was found in 2007 inside the ship Our Lady of Mercedes, sunk off the coast of the Algarve in 1804, belonged to Spain. In fact, the position of the ship returned to Spanish territory in February 2012 and has been assigned by the Government to the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Cartagena.
Surely booty exposure contributes to improve-even-more accounts Odyssey. The company entered 6.1 million euros in the last quarter of 2012, with a marked improvement respect to the 700,000 euros in the same period of 2011, according to accounts published last March in his own website.
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