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The Santa Margarita Project:
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Ghost Galleon of the Lost 1622 Tierra Firme Treasure Fleet
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Blue Water Ventures of Key West welcomes you aboard, and to the thrill of discovery in
the search for the remains of Santa Margarita. This is the ghost galleon of the Tierra
Firme treasure fleet lost in 1622 with the Nuestra Señora de Atocha off the Marquesas
Keys, some 40 miles from Key West.
There is nothing more exciting for divers and non-divers alike than the search for a
Spanish galleon filled with sunken treasure and stories full of drama and human
tragedy. The story of finding the Santa Margarita treasure on the ocean floor is
the stuff dreams are made of which Hollywood would have a hard time making up.
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W. Keith Webb -- President and CEO
Blue Water Ventures Key West |
But this project is more than just a treasure hunt. My project staff and I are fully
aware that to be successful on the Santa Margarita sunken treasure site, we must first
focus our efforts on underwater detective work
in the search for archaeological clues
and historical information that will help solve the giant jig-saw puzzle of how the
galleon broke up and came to her final resting place.
Above all else, we must determine
whether or not the main lower hull structure and its heavy treasure cargo still exists
somewhere, stabilized beneath the surface of an unexplored area of the "Quicksands."
There are many major archaeological questions we must first answer before we find the
elusive mother lode. More ...
R. Duncan Mathewson III, Ph.D. and Eugene Lyon Ph.D. are both on-board to help
salvage the Santa Margarita. They will be playing a major role in the search and
recovery of the lost Santa Margarita "mother lode" treasures which have not yet been found.
Blue Water Ventures of Key West is a Florida corporation and enjoys a joint venture partnership
with the Mel Fisher company, Motivation Inc.,
to survey and excavate the treasures of Santa Margarita.
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Many thanks to Mel Fisher's Treasures and
The Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society for allowing us
to use some of their photographs, material and links. We would also like to thank John Whitesel from Black Laser Learning for the
animation of Margarita during the 1622 hurricane.
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