the capital of the Philippines—which has a unique connection to Spanish galleons. Between 1565 and 1815, Spain had a fleet of so-called Manila galleons. Each year, one of these ships made one ...

Spain asserts its claim, arguing that the San José and its cargo remain the property of the Spanish state. "The galleon San José ... "It is a state warship, not private ships, so there is ...

The dispute involves 500 million US dollars in gold and silver coins rescued from a Spanish galleon off the coast ... it to be recovered from the Spanish warship “Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes”.

The Spanish galleon San Jose — one of the world's great, long-lost sunken ships — has been found. The ship was filled with gold, silver, and other valuables when it sunk in 1708. Three hundred ...

Although the company wanted to keep the information confidential, a US judge ordered it to disclose its hypothesis as to the identity of the vessel: "Animas", a Spanish galleon that sank in 1804 ...

The late John R. Bolles of this city used to relate a very good story of witchcraft, digging for buried treasure, and the robbery of a Spanish galleon, all of which occurred inside the limits of ...

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