In Australia, there is an island called Lockhart, which is not a beautiful holiday resort with flowers and birds. However, "although the island is not beautiful, it is famous for its treasures." According to legend, there are countless treasures hidden on the island, and the surrounding seabed is also covered with dazzling gems.
/kloc-in the 1970s, a man named William Fibos stumbled upon a map of Guanluohaode Island, which marked the sinking place of the Spanish merchant ship "Gold". He was ecstatic and felt that he had a chance to make a fortune.
It turns out that the merchant ship "Gold" has a mysterious story, that is,1In the 1950s and 1970s, the Spanish explored America along Columbus' route, plundered countless gold, silver and jewels from the Indians, and then returned home with full cabins. However, their actions were discovered by pirates.
As a result, pirates madly attacked every merchant ship passing by, killing the crew and taking away a lot of treasures. As a mountain of heavy treasure, the pirates could not take it all away, so they buried the rest in the island of Lohood and drew a treasure map. The pirates swore a blood oath to keep a secret so that they could enjoy this ill-gotten wealth forever.
I don't know that pirates are pirates after all, and there is no credit. Some conspirators tried to keep the treasure for themselves, and for a time, bloody fragments were scattered all over the floor, and a fire broke out, leaving a body. The winner traveled around the world with the treasure map and lived a luxurious life. The legend of the hidden Golden Island spread like wildfire and swept the world.
With this treasure map, Philip Stearns went to a desert island and surveyed everywhere, but found nothing. Just as he was wandering on the beach, he accidentally sank his foot into the sand and touched a foreign body. After excavation, there are clusters of exquisite corals. Inside the corals, there is a delicate wooden box filled with gold coins, silver coins and rare treasures.
Phipps was ecstatic. He stayed on the island for three months, frantically searching, and loaded his schooner with 30 tons of gold, silver and jewels. He realized his dream of getting rich.
For a time, many true and false "treasure maps" came into being, flooding Europe and selling at high prices. Many rich people spent a lot of money on it. What happened? Many people died at the bottom of the sea, or suddenly died on a desert island, or searched hard and disappeared for a long time. The pirate's legacy has become a mystery full of temptation.
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The sinking of the San Jose is not a precedent for the Spanish. As early as 1702, the famous "golden fleet" in Spanish history was sunk by the British in Vigo Bay in the Atlantic Ocean, thus leaving a big legacy in the history of treasure exploration.
At that time, Spain was in financial distress, and a huge fleet of 17 galleons was driven back to Spain with gold, silver and jewels plundered from South America, passing through the most dangerous sea areas. One day in June, just as the "Golden Fleet" was heading for the Azores, suddenly a British-Dutch joint fleet blocked the way. This fleet consisting of 150 warships approached the "Golden Fleet".
Facing the siege of a strong enemy, the only and best way is to unload the treasure from the ship and transport it to Madre, the Spanish capital. However, the authorities have a strange rule: everything shipped from South America must go to Seville for inspection first.
Obviously, it is impossible to unload the treasure from the ship illegally. Fortunately, under the special order of Queen Mary Desava, the gold, silver and pearls of the king and queen were unloaded and transported to Madrid by land.
After being besieged for a month, about 30,000 British and Dutch troops stormed Vigo Bay under the command of Admiral Luke, and 3 1 15 heavy artillery bombarded, destroying forts and barriers, and the Spanish defenders collapsed across the board. As the allied forces were excited by the countless treasures in front of them, the battle progressed rapidly and the harbor quickly fell into hiding.
At this time, Belasco, commander-in-chief of the "Golden Fleet", was desperate. He ordered the ships loaded with gold, silver and jewels to be burned. In an instant, Vigo Bay became a sea of fire. Except for a few sailboats that were captured by the British and Dutch Coalition forces in time, most of them were buried at the bottom of the sea.
How much is this treasure? According to the captured Spanish admiral Chacon's estimation, about 4,000 ~ 5,000 carriages of gold and jewels sank to the bottom of the sea. Although the British ventured into the sea many times, they only caught a few trophies. Therefore, these treasures strongly attract countless treasure hunters.
Since then, groups of adventurers have appeared on the seabed near 1000 nautical mile. Some of them found empty sunken ships, some got pure emeralds, amethysts, pearls, black amber and other jewels, and some continued to search with modern technology and tools. With the passage of time, storms and tides have covered the treasure with thick sediments, and many rumors have added a bit of mystery to the treasure, which undoubtedly brought too much trouble to the exploration.
Unfortunately, some treasures transported by land to Madrid were robbed by robbers on the way. It is said that this part of gold, which is about 1 1,500 wagons, is still buried in a little-known place in Ponte Vidra, Spain, and obviously attracts people who dream of getting rich like a huge magnet.
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