The Nuestra Señora de Atocha set sail from Havana for Spain ... expedition and forged a bond with Mr. Fisher over their shared history of chicken farming. Mr. Perdue was at the pinnacle of ...

“It’s not just about the stuff; it’s about history as well.” The Atocha was just the beginning of Malcom’s work in the Keys. Specializing in maritime research of the Keys and the ...

A prolific artist and educator, he taught generations of students about nautical history. And as an expert in shipwrecks, Cryer helped find the Atocha, the treasure-laden Spanish galleon that sank ...

The Atocha, built in Cuba in the 1600s ... it was among the most successful treasure hunts in history, and Florida wanted a cut. The state said it had a claim on the wreck and had Fisher sign ...

Gomar, an emerald expert whose career spanned 62 years, was hired to appraise the jewels discovered by famed treasure hunter Mel Fisher in the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, a famous Spanish galleon ...

It was the $450 million mother lode of the 1622 shipwreck, Nuestra Senora de Atocha. July 20 marked the 25th anniversary of a dis- covery compared to the opening of King Tut’s tomb, and Key West ...

Bill Burt, a diver for Mel Fisher's Treasures, spotted the 40-inch gold chain while looking for the wrecked Nuestra Senora de Atocha, which sank off the Florida Keys in a 1622 hurricane.