left Spain heavily loaded with royal treasure and salvaged riches, but after a collision in the Bahamas, it sank within 30 minutes—scattering gold, silver, and artifacts across an eight-mile debris ...

A former deep-sea treasure hunter who made one of the greatest shipwreck discoveries in American history and spent the past decade in prison after refusing to disclose the whereabouts of some of its ...

Carrying a double load of bounty, the Nuestra Senora de las Maravillas ("Our Lady of Wonders") wrecked about 43 miles off the shore of the Bahamas in 1656. During its descent, the ship scattered a ...