Editor's note: This is the 25th of a series of stories that will be featured in the Pensacola News Journal to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Escambia County. Look for these stories each Monday in ...
This video explores whether the Spanish Empire could have been saved if its rulers had acted earlier and made smarter choices ...
Here along Florida’s Treasure Coast, public interest tends to focus on the riches scattered on the ocean floor with the remains of Spain’s 1715 fleet. That’s understandable. It’s exciting to imagine ...
For a nation that traces its origins to the first westerly landfall by Columbus in 1492, America knows startlingly little about Spain, under whose flag the great explorer crossed the Atlantic. Reasons ...
Fragments of delicate Chinese porcelain, white with intricate blue swirls, make a curious contrast with other artifacts — mostly rusted metal or decayed wood — in the treasure fleet exhibit at the St.
HONOLULU (KHON2) — There’s a little-known fact amongst those of us who live in Hawaiʻi. For nearly 200 years, the Spanish Empire found and lost Hawaiʻi several times. Since around 21% of Hawaiʻi ...