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Spanish naval ships of the 1600s and 1700s transported gold and silver from the New World to Spain, taking on cargo from several ports in the Caribbean before sailing in convoys across the Atlantic.
In 1622, the Tierra Firma fleet, 28 ships in all, left Havana bound for Spain. Eight of the vessels, including the Santa Margarita and the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, sank two days later in a hurricane, along with a fortune in gold, silver, emeralds and pearls. The Spanish tried to recover some of the treasure, but the two ships lay abandoned for more than 350 years. After a 16-year search, Mel Fisher and his treasure hunters discovered them in the 1980s.
More than one billion dollars in treasure has been recovered from these two wrecks.
Eleven treasure-laden ships that made up the 1715 Fleet were heading to Spain from Havana on 31 July 1715, when they encountered a hurricane off Florida’s central coast.
The winds and waves smashed the ships onto reefs, claiming as many as 1,000 lives in one of colonial Spain’s biggest maritime disasters off Florida.
After being caught in a hurricane off Florida, the Spanish treasure laden galleon Nuestra Señora de la Concepcion drifted for weeks and went aground on October 31, 1641 amidst the reefs north of Hispañola, the present day Dominican Republic.
For hundreds of years, treasure seekers hunted for her vast silver cargo, but it wasn’t until 1979 that the jealous sea began to give up Concepcion’s “pieces of eight.”
The Circus Owner, John Ringling, and the big mystery of the sinking of his 125 ft. Yacht "Zalophus" which sank off Sarasota Florida in Feb. of 1930. The most popular rumor was "It Was An Insurance Job". It wasn't."
My 16 year association with Sir Arthur C. Clarke. One of History's Great Visionary's. Sold over 500,000,000 Books. Some of his achievements were world changing, and he was a successful Treasure Hunter.
Captain Carl “Fizz” Fismer is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as 1622 Tierra Firma Fleet, 1715 Spanish Fleet, 1641 Concepcion Shipwreck, The Mystery of the sinking of John Ringling's Yacht and Sir Arthur C. Clarke and the Taj Mahal Treasure. The estimated speaking fee range to book Captain Carl “Fizz” Fismer for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Captain Carl “Fizz” Fismer generally travels from Tampa, FL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Sanjay Raja, Lee Rubin, Elissa Kalver, Jason Schechterle and Jennifer Gulbrand. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Captain Carl “Fizz” Fismer for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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