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On April 25th, this time on the Maravillas!
Florida Institute of Technology hosts Robert Marx, renowned underwater archeologist and deep sea explorer, to lecture on “The loss of the Maravillas,” Friday, April 25, 2014. The free lecture will be held on campus in the Gleason Performing Arts Center at 6 p.m.
When she wrecked in the Bahamas in 1656 la Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas was the second richest Spanish treasure galleon ever lost. Battling hungry sharks, hurricanes, the Mafia, modern-day pirates and corrupt bureaucrats, Robert Marx discovered the treasure-laden ship after a twelve-year search and then brought up vast amounts of her riches. Robert was obsessed with finding the galleon. He amassed over 16,000 pages of primary research material, including three charts denoting its location, before starting his quest. He will recount how he put the dots together and found the mother lode, after years of frustration and hardship.
Marx has authored 64 books and more than 900 popular articles and archaeological reports. He has been knighted in three countries. He is a pioneer American scuba diver who began his career as a diving specialist in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1953. Since 1960 he has worked in the archives and libraries of more than 40 countries and spent over two years in the Archivo de las Indias in Seville, Spain, the main repository for
researching Spain’s fascinating maritime history.
Florida Institute of Technology hosts Robert Marx, renowned underwater archeologist and deep sea explorer, to lecture on “The loss of the Maravillas,” Friday, April 25, 2014. The free lecture will be held on campus in the Gleason Performing Arts Center at 6 p.m.
When she wrecked in the Bahamas in 1656 la Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas was the second richest Spanish treasure galleon ever lost. Battling hungry sharks, hurricanes, the Mafia, modern-day pirates and corrupt bureaucrats, Robert Marx discovered the treasure-laden ship after a twelve-year search and then brought up vast amounts of her riches. Robert was obsessed with finding the galleon. He amassed over 16,000 pages of primary research material, including three charts denoting its location, before starting his quest. He will recount how he put the dots together and found the mother lode, after years of frustration and hardship.
Marx has authored 64 books and more than 900 popular articles and archaeological reports. He has been knighted in three countries. He is a pioneer American scuba diver who began his career as a diving specialist in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1953. Since 1960 he has worked in the archives and libraries of more than 40 countries and spent over two years in the Archivo de las Indias in Seville, Spain, the main repository for
researching Spain’s fascinating maritime history.
