The story of the expeditions of Spanish explorers told through the history of the first American currency: pieces of eight.

Presents background information about the sinking of the Spanish galleon, Atocha, in 1622 and describes efforts to locate the wreck and successfully salvage its

A fascinating account of shipwrecks and the harrowing attempts to recover their sunken treasure.

This is a story about the lust for gold and treasure," Fine writes. In the 1600s and 1700s, Spain dominated the oceans with its fleet of galleons. Coming to the