theamericanparlor:A gold cross with inlaid Colombian emerald jewels, pulled from 400-year-old wrecka
theamericanparlor:A gold cross with inlaid Colombian emerald jewels, pulled from 400-year-old wreckage Recovered from the wreckage of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, the Spanish ship sank off the coast of Florida in 1622.US treasure hunter Mel Fisher spent 16 years searching for it, it was among a fleet of nine ships that were lost at sea; hundreds of people perished, including nobility who brought along their personal jewels. -- source link