Mel Fisher

Type: Person

Name: Mel Fisher

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 2 reports

NBC unveils Fall 2013 shows

(WXIA) -- In the TV business, this week is called "Upfronts Week" and is traditionally the week that the networks announce the new shows for the coming fall television season. This year, NBC has brought forward a total of 16 shows, including vehicles ... [Published 11 Alive - May 13 2013]

Entities: Robert Ironside, Blair Underwood, John Malkovich, Mel Fisher

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

'Bringing a hero home'

About 300 crowded around a flag-draped casket on Tuesday to finally say goodbye to a young soldier who died a long time ago but whose fate was unknown for more than six decades.Edwin Galarneau was laid to rest with full active-duty military honors at ... [Published Individual.com - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Whitmire (United States), Mel Fisher, Wenatchee (United States)

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Transatlantic trades souls remembered

KEY WEST — With windblown sea behind them and a deep blue sky above, participants recently paid tribute to Africans buried more than a century ago in the sand beneath their feet, as a Yoruba priestess poured water on the site where 295 tribal Congolese, ... [Published South Florida Times - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Key West (United States), Transatlantic Holdings Inc, Cuba, Slavery, Yoruba

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 1 reports

Treasure hunter searches for long-lost Spanish galleon in Nassau Sound

Nassau Sound is known for its tricky waters to navigate, shark infestations and a remote, narrow pass where the Nassau River meets the Atlantic Ocean.Doug Pope also sees the sound as a possible site of treasure from the long-lost Spanish galleon San Miguel ... [Published Florida Times-Union - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Mel Fisher, Nassau (Bahamas), Russell Simpson

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 21 2013 - 1 reports

The lure of sunken riches: Fortunes ahoy

Nice find cap’n—what’s my share?TWO centuries underwater had dulled their sparkle, yet the first glimpse of silver coins drew excited cheers on board Odyssey Marine Exploration’s flagship. The gold coins that came next really caught the Iberian sun—and ... [Published The Economist - International - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha (1620), Mel Fisher, Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc

First reported Mar 05 2013 - Updated Mar 05 2013 - 1 reports

Divers can join search for 1622 treasure galleon

Certified divers can work alongside professional treasure salvage experts excavating the wrecksite of a 1622 Spanish galleon during a series of weeklong dive adventures set for the Florida Keys mid-June through mid-August.Participants in the Atocha Dive ... [Published Soundings Magazine - Mar 05 2013]

Entities: Mel Fisher, Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha (1620), Silver, Shipwreck

Quotes

"for the 1622 return voyage, atocha was loaded with a cargo that is, today, almost beyond belief - 24 tonnes of silver bullion in 1,038 ingots, 180,000 pesos of silver coins, 582 copper ingots, 125 gold bars and discs, 350 chests of indigo, 525 bales of tobacco, 20 bronze cannon and 1,200 pounds of worked silverware" the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum says on its website

Spanish treasure found off Florida [Published Topnews.in - Mar 29 2011]

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NBC unveils Fall 2013 shows [Published 11 Alive - May 13 2013]
NBC unveils shows for the fall 2013 TV season [Published 11 Alive - May 13 2013]
Six Community Leaders Honored at the 21st Annua... [Published Caribbean Today - May 01 2013]
'Bringing a hero home' [Published Individual.com - Apr 24 2013]
‘Bringing a hero home’ [Published Wenatchee World - Apr 24 2013]
Dive Pioneers a Personal Voyage [Published Epoch Times - Apr 23 2013]
Transatlantic trades souls remembered [Published South Florida Times - Apr 16 2013]
Treasure hunter searches for long-lost Spanish ... [Published Florida Times-Union - Apr 14 2013]
The lure of sunken riches: Fortunes ahoy [Published The Economist - International - Mar 21 2013]
Divers can join search for 1622 treasure galleon [Published Soundings Magazine - Mar 05 2013]
The Maltese Falcon Meets Five Million Dollar So... [Published PRWeb - Sep 06 2012]
Spanish treasure found off Florida [Published Topnews.in - Mar 29 2011]