Section 10 National Museum of Prado, Spain
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Second, the recourse of the spokesperson of the Spanish government and foreign ministry for the ownership of the sunken ship has also attracted the attention of many people around the world.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the New World of America.
In the centuries that followed, Spain savagely plundered large quantities of gold, silver, precious stones, sugar, coffee, etc. in South America.
Spain used merchant ships or formed gold fleets to bring these vast riches back to Spain.
Britain, France, the Netherlands, and other countries rushed to plunder the wealth of the New World, and inevitably competed with Spain, which had already achieved hegemony in the Caribbean, so they needed all kinds of forces to fight the Spaniards.
Due to 'legal' pirate attacks and storms at sea, many Spanish merchant ships and gold carriers sank to the bottom of the sea.
On the route from the South American colonies to the Spanish mainland, a large number of Spanish ships carrying gold, silver, precious stones, sugar, coffee, and other materials plundered by the South American colonies sank.
In addition to the South American colonies to the Spanish mainland.
A large number of Spanish ships were also sunk on the route from the Southeast Asian colonies to the Spanish mainland, most of which were laden with gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, and goods plundered from the colonies.
In addition, in 1980, an American ocean exploration company called "Fortune Savers" announced the discovery of a shipwreck, suspected to be the 17th-century Spanish Navy's "Our Lady of Atocha", which carried about 300,000 items worth up to $400 million. Due to the lack of experience of the Spanish government in dealing with such incidents at the time, the shipwreck wealth was eventually auctioned off by a salvage company, and the Spanish government only recovered some of the items through the guò auction.
There are several reasons and experiences and lessons learned, so in recent years, the Spanish government has actively strengthened the protection of underwater treasures.
In addition to the development of the Spanish National Plan for the Conservation of the Underwater Archaeological Heritage, a group of experts was set up to develop a 'treasure map' of the Spanish seabed to determine the exact location of the wreck and its contents.
It is also actively pursuing Spanish ships salvaged by treasure hunters or treasure hunting companies.
In 2007, the U.S. Odyssey Marine Exploration Company salvaged the Spanish frigate USS Mercedes, which was loaded with 17 tons of treasure, including 590,000 gold coins, silver coins and other gold ornaments, tableware and artifacts, worth up to $500 million, the largest shipwreck ever salvaged from the water.
After that, the Spanish government and Odyssey Marine Exploration fought a five-year lawsuit over the ownership of the treasures, and the court in Tampa, Florida, ruled that the treasures should be returned to Spain.
However, Spain's success in recovering the treasures aboard the "Mercedes" frigate is very rare internationally.
The main reason for the successful recovery of the cultural relics this time was that it was determined that the wreck of the "Mercedes" was a warship, that the warship was the property of the state, that the act of transporting the treasure was an act of the state, and that Spain legally owned the ownership of the wreck of the "Mercedes".
More shipwrecks and their treasures are sold or auctioned off by treasure hunters or treasure hunting companies.
The Chinese Tang Dynasty shipwreck 'Blackstone' was sold to Singapore's Sentosa institution for $30 million by the 'Sea Exploration Company'.
Of the more than 1 million pieces of Chinese porcelain from the Kangxi period on the Taixing, more than 600,000 pieces of 'Hailao porcelain' with slightly inferior color were smashed, and the remaining 356,000 pieces of porcelain were transported to Germany for auction, fetching a total of $30 million.
In 1985, Mel. Fisher and his family finally found the Spanish treasure ship Lady Atoca. The wreck, which claims to be the largest treasure under the sea, contains 40 tons of treasure, including nearly 8 tons of gold and 500 kilograms of precious stones, all of which are worth about $400 million. Fisher became a rich man.
In 1980, an American ocean explorer called the Fortune Saver salvaged the 17th-century Spanish Navy's "Our Lady of Atocha", carrying about 300,000 items worth up to $400 million, and the wreck fortune was eventually auctioned off by the salvage company.
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Chen Rui has very sufficient and conclusive evidence to prove that the 'Lucky Star' is a merchant ship and does not belong to the Spanish state, and the act of transporting treasures is not an act of the state.
And the salvage site is on the high seas, far away from the territorial sea and legal jurisdiction of any country.
According to the provisions of the International Salvage Law and the relevant evidence, Chen Rui is very sure of the ownership of the wreck of the 'Lucky Star'.
Chen Rui showed reporters a series of evidence that could strongly prove his ownership of the 'Lucky Star', which also made the Spanish government temporarily shut down, but did not give up all the ownership of the 'Lucky Star' shipwreck.
Not to mention, hundreds of gold coins, 300,000 silver coins are very well preserved, almost intact, the origin, age and characteristics of the coins are different, and they have very high cultural value.
In addition, the 'Lucky Star' is very well preserved because it has been buried in the seabed silt for a long time, isolating it from the soaking and corrosion of air and seawater.
The Lucky Star is a Spanish galleon, a symbol of Spain's maritime supremacy and a symbol of Spanish maritime supremacy, of great significance to the Spanish people.
Although Spain is no longer what it used to be and has become an ordinary country in Europe, many Spaniards are still proud of Spain's maritime supremacy in the 16th ~ 17th centuries.
Therefore, in Chen Rui's interview with reporters, he hoped to sell the 'Lucky Star' as a whole, which attracted the attention of many countries, institutions and individuals who were shipwrecked.
The first to contact Chen Rui at the National Museum of Prado in Spain, the curator Paolo Francico. Reno, accompanied by staff from the Prado National Museum and the Spanish Embassy in the United States.
In addition to the Prado National Museum in Spain, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the United States, the National Museum of the United Kingdom, and several institutions and individuals have expressed interest in the shipwreck of the Lucky Star.