The other Bank of Spain...the huge amount of Spanish ship wrecks under the sea...

[Cristiano]

I add to the forum this sequence of four articles written by an Italian expert of Spanish naval history (he defines himself a treasure hunter), which has written a book about historical shipwrecks: CLAUDIO BONIFACIO.

The author lives in Spain and has explored for various years the Spanish archives related to the Spanish fleets and the goods transported.

The matter is interesting since the Spain consider their ancient ship wrecks (related to governative military ships) still as their property, so their content is theoretically still their.

The author make an analysis of the various shipwrecks and the amount of gold/money lost and transported...

The overall quantity still under the sea is impressive.

The overall economical balance is in the fourth article, but each article has a partial one.

UNFORTUNATELY (or luckily, it depends) the articles are all Italian written....but Google translate can make miracles.

 

The order of the articles are from the first to the last.

https://www.lastampa.it/mare/2023/03/09/news/laltra_banca_di_spagna_che_sta_in_fondo_al_mare-12684974/

 

https://www.lastampa.it/mare/2023/03/19/news/laltra_banca_di_spagna_la_lista_dei_naufragi_apre_la_via_alloro-12703246/

 

https://www.lastampa.it/mare/2023/04/22/news/laltra_banca_di_spagna_loro_mancante_della_san_pedro_alcantara-12768605/

 

https://www.lastampa.it/mare/2023/09/05/news/laltra_banca_di_spagna_quelle_750_tonnellate_doro_che_riposano_sui_fondali-13027885/

 

If someone is interested, other articles about shiprecks written by the same author:

https://www.lastampa.it/mare/2023/05/14/news/alla_ricerca_delle_fortune_sommerse_lungo_la_costa_dorata_delluruguay-12805340/

 

https://www.lastampa.it/mare/2023/02/09/news/nelle_acque_delle_bahamas_ci_sono_tesori_milionari-12633036/

 

Edited September 6, 2023 by Cristiano