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The 1733 Spanish Fleet of the Keys

Documented folklore from the Club 49 map, told straight and sourced.

The story

A second Spanish treasure fleet, homeward bound in 1733, was caught by a hurricane and strewn along the upper Keys from Key Largo to Islamorada. The Spanish salvaged much of it at the time, but not all, and the scattered wrecks are dive sites now, several of them Florida underwater archaeological preserves you can visit with a mask and fins. The San Pedro off Indian Key is the famous one.

The ground it haunts

The upper Florida Keys, Key Largo to Islamorada (FL). Source: Documented wrecks, several now public dive preserves. The Club 49 map pins this legend at its documented country, beside the real mines, active claims, land status and modeled honey holes of the same ground. Open the free map and go stand in the story.

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