2. The Great Caribbean Treasure Hunt
Christopher Columbus discovered America, landing on 12th October
1492, on "Guanahani," one of the Bahama Islands and then to the island
of Dominican Republic - Haiti, Tortuga and Cuba.
Since that time the waters of The Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
has been a hotbed of naval activity beginning in the 1500’s. Columbus
founded the first colony in the New World on Hispaniola Island, and
discovered Jamaica in 1494.
3. The Great Caribbean Treasure Hunt
Christopher Columbus
In fourteen hundred and ninety two
Columbus sailed the Ocean blue . . .
He also sailed in 1493, 1498, and 1502. In the course of his
four voyages, Christopher Columbus lost nine ships.
Where are they?
Has anyone found one?
4. The Great Caribbean Treasure Hunt
New World Shipwrecks, 1492-1521
More than 100 ships were lost in the first 30 years
of European exploration of the New World. None
of those lost has ever been found.
5. The Great Caribbean Treasure Hunt
The Caribbean was an area filled with pirates, lawlessness, and
danger. Armed conflicts, storms and hidden reefs allowed the
ocean to capture thousands of vessels, along with the goods
they carried.
The vast majority of these sunken wrecks have not been
located or explored, but they are there today, with their cargo,
waiting to be discovered by the adventurous and daring...
10. Deep-sea booty! $500 million in coins
found in Atlantic Ocean
May, 2007: Deep sea divers hauled up what could
be the richest sunken treasure ever discovered
Silver and gold coins might have come from the
wreck of 17th century merchant ship off coast of
southwestern England
