Key Background. The Atocha was constructed in Cuba in the 17th century, when powerhouse Spain controlled much of the New World. The ship was commissioned by a Spanish government agency tasked with ...

A ring set with an emerald that was rediscovered on a Spanish shipwreck nearly 400 years after being lost sold for $1.2 million at auction, ... The Atocha, built in Cuba in the 1600s, ...

A Rare Emerald Salvaged From a 400-Year-Old Shipwreck Could Reach $70,000 at Auction All proceeds will go toward supporting the humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. Published on November 2, 2022 ...

Treasures from the world's most valuable shipwreck worth $1.1billion which sat on ocean's floor for 400 years on rare display in New York. The Nuestra Señora de Atocha sunk near the Florida Keys ...

When the Atocha sank in 1622, it had 70 pounds of emeralds on board. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Menu. Search site.

The Nuestra Señora de Atocha set sail from Havana for Spain on Sept. 4, 1622, with a payload that included 180,000 coins, 24 tons of ingots struck from Bolivian silver, 125 gold bullion bars and ...

The emerald was on the Atocha, a Spanish vessel that sunk in 1622. Sotheby's. In 1622, a ship called the Nuestra Señora de Atocha sank in a hurricane—with a 6.25-carat emerald, among many other ...

It’s part of a fleet of salvage ships that have come to these waters for half a century searching for lost riches from the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, a Spanish galleon loaded with gold, silver ...

Owner parts with rare emerald from 1622 shipwreck to help Ukraine. The gem, recovered from the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, ended up in the possession of the chicken magnate Frank Perdue.