August
03
/ 2022
Between 2019 and 2020, an explorer in the Bahamas scanned a 17th century shipwreck using over 8,000 underwater metal detectors. As a result, he literally struck gold, big time. This week a new museum exhibition opens featuring the lost treasures of the ill-fated vessel dubbed “The Wonder.” The Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas (Our Lady of Wonders) was an 891-ton, two-deck Spanish galleon armed with 36 bronze cannons. Serving as part of the 17th century Spanish Tierra Firme (Mainland) fleet, “The Wonder” departed from Havana, Cuba, on the 4th January 1656 AD heading for Spain. However, chaos unfolded when she collided with her own flagship only half an hour after leaving Cuba and the ship sank rapidly. Divers Find Famous
