| EN RADA Publications,
producers and distributors of treasure-related books and PLVS VLTRA
Newsletter, has been the source for all of your
informational needs since 1983! Since the 1960s we have been diving on,
and studying the history of, Spanish shipwrecks in Florida waters &
other New World areas ... and reporting on the coins, bullion,
and other artifacts that they have relinquished.
From the time of
Columbus' arrival and his loss of the Santa Maria, through the
tragedies which befell the Treasure Fleets of 1554, 1622, 1715 and 1733
in particular, there has been much for us to find, research, and study.
It was then our self-appointed duty to relay that which we "discovered"
to our vast sea of dedicated readers who were "thirsty" for such
information.
The silver coins
("pieces-of-eight"), the gold coins ("doubloons"), the large number of
silver bars and beautiful ingots of gold being retrieved from the
long-forgotten hulks of galleons --now rotted away, leaving their
cargoes buried beneath sand and coral-- have been the subjects of many
books and articles written by our staff and other contributing authors.
We followed Mel Fisher in
his long, and eventually successful, search for Nuestra Senora de
Atocha, one of the richest galleons to ever depart a Spanish port
in the Americas. Coverage of Burt Webber's, and then Tracy Bowden's,
work on the Concepcion and other wrecks in the waters of
Hispaniola appeared in our pages. And don't forget the Maravillas
on the Bahama Banks, as salvaged by Bob Marx, "Herbo" Humphreys, and
others ... we covered it all! Our most extensive insight, however, has
been into the salvage of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet which was
demolished along the east coast of Florida.
Whether you call the
Spanish coins that divers (and beachcombers) find each salvage season
"pieces-of-eight" or "cobs" or macuquinas, we have documented
their recoveries and explained their strange markings to our faithful
subscribers, in detail, through the medium of the written word (and
fabulous photos) in books (ours and others') and in our own PLVS
VLTRA Newsletter. SOMEONE HAD TO DO IT!
Please browse through our
pages and learn the origin ...and the real meaning of... the fantastic
gold ingot of the 1622 treasure fleet that was accidentally dubbed the
"EN RADA bar!" Read our bulletins, which are frequently updated. And
stop in our bookstore before linking to some of the best site pages on
the Internet dedicated to hunting, finding, buying, and selling sunken
treasure. Mostly, do yourself the favor of subscribing to our
newsletter and keep up with the activities of the salvagers,
historians, archaeologists, numismatists, conservators, and others who
work in this very exciting field of endeavor, the archaeology of sunken
galleons.
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