The Great Caribbean Treasure Hunt Christopher Columbus discovered America, landing on 12th

October 1492, on "Guanahani," one of the Bahama Islands and then to the island of Dominican Republic - Haiti, Tortuga and Cuba.

Since that time the waters of The Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico has been a hotbed of naval activity beginning in the 1500’s. Columbus founded the first colony in the New World on Hispaniola Island, and discovered Jamaica in 1494.

The Great Caribbean Treasure Hunt Christopher Columbus

In fourteen hundred and ninety two Columbus sailed the Ocean blue . . .

He also sailed in 1493, 1498, and 1502. In the course of his four voyages, Christopher Columbus lost nine ships.

Where are they?Has anyone found one?

The Great Caribbean Treasure Hunt New World Shipwrecks, 1492-1521

More than 100 ships were lost in the first 30 years of European exploration of the New World. None of those lost has ever been found.

The Great Caribbean Treasure HuntThe Caribbean was an area filled with pirates,

lawlessness, and danger. Armed conflicts, storms and hidden reefs allowed the ocean to capture thousands of vessels, along with the goods they carried.

The vast majority of these sunken wrecks have not been located or explored, but they are there today, with their cargo, waiting to be discovered by the adventurous and daring...

The Great Caribbean Treasure HuntCaribbean Shipwrecks, 1492-1521

The Great Caribbean Treasure HuntEspañola Shipwrecks, 1492-1521

The Great Caribbean Treasure HuntJamaican Shipwrecks, 1492-1521

The Great Caribbean Treasure Hunt Cuban Shipwrecks, 1492-1521

Deep-sea booty! $500 million in coins found in Atlantic Ocean May, 2007: Deep sea divers hauled up

what could be the richest sunken treasure ever discovered

Silver and gold coins might have come from the wreck of 17th century merchant ship off coast of southwestern England