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A replica of a 16th Century Spanish galleon will arrive on the Yorkshire coast later this month. The Nao Victoria became the first ship to circumnavigate the globe more than 500 years ago.
Inspired by the sailing boats of the Spanish Armada, Galleon is an sailing yacht unlike any other. While most sailing boats are equipped with a modest number of cabins for sleeping, ...
The San José returned fire, but a sudden explosion in her powder magazine split the galleon in two. She sank with most of her 600 crew — and with nearly 200 tons of treasure in her hold.
The treasure hunters who discovered the gold-laden Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha have found another part of the wreck that is yielding gold bars, money chains, silver coins and jewelry.
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The wreck of a 50-gun Spanish frigate in Pensacola Bay is giving marine archaeologists a rare look at a ship built in the New World three centuries ago. Most vessels they have ...
Nearly 375 years ago, a Spanish galleon loaded with gold, silver, precious stones and other artifacts was sent to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in a hurricane off the Florida coast. From that ti… ...
Spanish galleon salvage fetches $2 million. The Associated Press. NEW YORK — Dozens of artifacts from two 400-year-old Spanish shipwrecks have been auctioned for about $2 million.
Newspapers did not cover Spanish Galleon’s closure in San Antonio, so it’s unclear why it went out of business. The restaurant stopped running advertisements in local newspapers in May 1983.