HELLOOOO ARCHEOLOGYSKY 🏺
i come bearing gifts! christmas gifts— that were given to me BUT i wanna share it because this is AMAZING.
this is a piece of eight!! originally minted in 1671 and sunk on the spanish ship Santa Maria de la Consolacion in 1681!
sat in the sea for 300 YEARS until the 90’s!
i come bearing gifts! christmas gifts— that were given to me BUT i wanna share it because this is AMAZING.
this is a piece of eight!! originally minted in 1671 and sunk on the spanish ship Santa Maria de la Consolacion in 1681!
sat in the sea for 300 YEARS until the 90’s!
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and yeah, you're completely right about the plus ultra!
i’m both in shock and over the MOON about this
the popular story is the pirate captain bartholomew sharpe perused the consolacion, and the ship (which had hit a reef a bit beforehand) decided to sink and burn, leaving the treasure to the sea in hopes they would reclaim it later
basically the REAL LIFE EQUIVALENT OF THE isla de muerta in POTC 1!!!!!