Nuestra Señora de Atocha ('Our Lady of Atocha') was a Spanish treasure galleon and the most widely known vessel of a fleet of ships that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622. At the time of her sinking, Nuestra Señora de Atocha was heavily laden with copper, silver, gold, tobacco, gems, and indigo from Spanish ports at Cartagena and Porto Bello in New Granada (present-day ...
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On this same day, 35 years ago, the legendary deep-sea explorer Mel Fisher discovered the shipwreck of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha. The galleon was sailing from the new world to Spain. It was hit ...
Atocha was the almiranta (rear guard ship) of the 1622 Treasure Fleet, which left Havana several weeks late, causing them to run into the jaws of a hurricane on .
The Atocha, a 20-cannon, 500-ton colossus, is the rear guard of the fleet. Its job is to protect the smaller and slower moving vessels from pirates and Dutch warships that are ready to seize the booty in Holland’s war with Spain.
The Atocha Star emerald is 12 carat emerald from the ship chosen by Mel Fisher as a gift to Deo Fisher, his wife. The Atocha Star was mounted between the claws of an 18 pounds (8.2 kg) solid gold statue of an eagle, known as The Golden Eagle or The Maltese Eagle. The emerald itself is estimated to be worth between $3.2 and $5 million.