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Jan 11, 2022 · A treasure worth $2.5 billion is somewhere at the bottom of the ocean, hiding among the ruins of the Flor de la Mar, the sunken 16th century Portuguese ship (per Daily Beast). The carrack, built in 1502, was 118 feet long, 111 feet tall, and weighed 400 tons — a perfect vessel to handle massive amounts of gold and spice trade during Europe's ...
Jan 3, 2023 · Mysteries. 3 January 2023. The Flor de la Mar or “Flower of the Sea” was an 118-foot long, 400-ton sailing ship built in 1502 in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon. Also spelled “Frol De La Mar” and “Flor Do Mar”, it was the Portuguese fleet’s flagship vessel in the Indian Ocean. In November 1511, the ship sank off the coast of the ...
Jul 5, 2016 · The Flor de la Mar or Flor do Mar (meaning Flower of the Sea) was a Portuguese carrack of 400 tons that sailed the seas during the early 1500s.This ship was carrying a great amount of treasure when it sank somewhere off the coast of Sumatra, possibly at the northern end of the Strait of Malacca, during its voyage back to Portugal.
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May 16, 2022 · The Flor de la Mar, meaning “Flower of the Sea”, was a 400-ton three mast carrack, that sunk in 1511 whilst transporting a large cargo of treasure for the king of Portugal. A carrack was a carvel-built ocean-going ship: large enough to be stable in heavy seas, and capacious enough to carry a large cargo and the provisions needed for very ...
- Historical Background
- One of The Reports of Her Loss
- Another Report from A Real (?) Eyewitness
- Stories About Her Spoils and Her Cargo of Treasure
- Modern Attempts of Salvage
The Flor do Mar (Flower of the Sea) was a Portuguese ship of 400 tons, built in Lisbon in 1502. Her maiden voyage was under the command of Estavao de Gama (brother of Vasco de Gama). She was part of the second voyage to India by the Portuguese in 1505. On her return voyage, she was beached rounding the Cape and put into Mozambique for repairs. Then...
«…After the spoils, the Portuguese fleet set sail for Goa under the command of Alfonso de Albuquerque with 4 other ships and a junk. The weather was fine with a calm sea when suddenly; sailing during the night along the coast of Sumatra, the fleet was hit by a terrible typhoon with huge waves and thunder. Trying to find refuge on the coast, the old...
He states that the Flor do Mar sunk in 4 fathoms of water (7 meters), the ship was said to have the highest of both fore and aft castles of Albuquerque’s fleet, comparable to those of the Chinese junks. In that case, it is most probable that the wreck was still visible at the surface and very accessible to the locals. According to this witness, 100...
«…Aboard these ships are the rich plunder of Malacca and young boys and girls and specially the most rich objects ever seen. The Governor intended to offer them to Dona Maria, the Queen, and to the King himself. She was carrying a four legs table on which the Queen of Malacca used to take her meals that was worth 80.000 Cruzados. Even the merchants...
Several attempts to salvage her cargo reputedly one of the richest in the world have failed until now. Based on faulty statements, it is notorious that President Soeharto himself spent US$ 20 millions in an unsuccessful search. Nevertheless, some treasure hunters have claimed in the press having found the wreck. The American Bob Marx announced that...
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Jan 8, 2017 · Despite the Flor de la Mar’s spotty history as a merchant vessel—not to mention its advanced age at this time—Albuquerque decided the ship was the perfect mode of transportation for his vast ...
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Flor do Mar or Flor de la Mar (Flower of the Sea, spelled Frol de la Mar in Portuguese chronicles of the 16th century [5]) was a Portuguese nau (carrack) of 400 tons, which over nine years participated in decisive events in the Indian Ocean until her sinking in November 1511. Nobleman Afonso de Albuquerque was returning from the conquest of ...
