Flor de la Mar: Lost Treasure Ship Mystery|| flor de la mar treasure||

Timeline of Key Events; 

1502: Launched in Lisbon.  

1506–1511: Key battles in India and Arabia.  

August 1511: Seized Malacca’s treasures.  

November 1511: Sank en route to Portugal.  


Factual Statements;

1. Carried loot from Malacca’s Sultanate, including gold and a gem-encrusted throne.  

2. Sank near Sumatra due to structural damage and overloading.  

3. Captain Afonso de Albuquerque survived; 400 crew drowned.  

4. Recognized as one of history’s most valuable unrecovered shipwrecks.  


Legends;

1. A curse protects its treasure, drowning those who seek it.  

2. Ghostly apparitions of crew haunt the Strait of Malacca.  

3. Secret maps to its location exist in Portuguese archives.  

4. Local tales claim the ship’s bells ring during storms.  


Myths;

1. The treasure was found but hidden by governments.  

2. Mermaids guard the wreckage.  

3. Albuquerque sank it intentionally to hide embezzlement.  

4. Its gold grants immortality.  

Flor de la Mar documentary, Lost ship treasure, Maritime mysteries, Colonial shipwrecks, Historical archaeology  

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