Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 1715 Treasure Fleet, one of Spain’s famed Plate Fleets, has sat shipwrecked off the coast of Florida for over 300 years. This summer, a certified ...

They reckon as much as $400 million worth of gold, silver and jewels were lost in the storm A TREASURE chest worth $1 million has finally been retrieved 300 years after it sank on a Spanish ship. More ...

2 of 6 — Vista parcial mapa de San Miguel y San Felipe 2.jpg The Spanish empire fortified settlements known as presidios during their more-than three-century rule in North America. These presidios ...