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And so Yi Chin Ho departed on his way through the mountains, blithe of heart and gay of song as he listened to the jingling bells of his treasure-laden ponies.
A NOSE FOR THE KING 2010
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When HMS Active and HMS Favourite captured the treasure-laden Spanish frigate Hermione on May 31, 1762, the two captains each received
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The Spanish government sent navy vessels to track the Odyssey Explorer for more than a month before forcing it into the port of Algeciras, briefly detaining the captain and carrying out an extensive search as part of a potential criminal investigation in the belief that “Black Swan” is in fact the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, a treasure-laden frigate that was sunk by the British as it returned from Peru in 1804.
A £200m treasure hunt. Has Odyssey Marine found ‘La Vierge’? : Coin Collecting News 2008
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Moreover, Odyssey has since moved on to other several other shipwreck projects, including the search for a treasure-laden seventeenth-century British warship, HMS Sussex, off the coast of Spain.
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Back in 2001, when Odyssey announced its discovery of another treasure-laden British naval vessel, HMS Sussex, it employed a very clever backdoor strategy to obtain a licence from the British government to recover artifacts from the wreck site.
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It was indeed a gala occasion, as upper-case and upper-class socialites in gowns, Palm Beach tans, and jewelry galore (one treasure-laden frosted blonde across the aisle from me was sporting a diamond ring so big that every turn of her wrist produced a blinding flash) air-kissed each other over the heads of the garden gnomes that make up such a sizeable contingent of regular balletgoers.
Shrimp Balls and Booty Calls: The ABT Gala: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009
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According to one account, during this period British pirates captured a treasure-laden Spanish ship and promptly tossed the entire load of cacao overboard, mistaking the unfamiliar beans for sheep's dung.
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According to one account, during this period British pirates captured a treasure-laden Spanish ship and promptly tossed the entire load of cacao overboard, mistaking the unfamiliar beans for sheep's dung.
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The Sicán buried some of the finest objects of their material culture deep underground, in the treasure-laden burial chambers of the rich and powerful.
Archive 2008-01-01 Jan 2008
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A treasure-laden 16th-century Portuguese vessel that ran aground off
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