Credit River - Nuestra Señora del Rosario Traditional Cache

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Middle Earthlings: Well I think this fun one has “jumped ship. Or at least floated away at high tide. Thank you to all who searched, climbed and found this one.

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Hidden : 7/7/2013
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Credit River - Shipwreck Series

Nuestra Señora del Rosario
 September 5, 1622



There are many shipwrecks around the world. Some very famous and others not so. Each however has it’s own story to tell. As you travel along the Credit River doing this series of caches, we have highlighted a number of these shipwrecks. During low water levels on these parts of the Credit River, you need to be careful in a canoe or kayak so as you don’t wind up in your own shipwreck. Besides the many large rocks along the way, there are also some other obstacles such as dams which should be avoided. All of the geocaches in this series have been placed by tubing, inflatable boat or on foot by walking in the water along the Credit River. Whichever way you choose to search for these caches, use caution and common sense.
More information about this series can be found here: Credit River - Shipwreck Series

Nuestra Señora del Rosario
The ship was part of a Spanish fleet of 28 ships, eight of which met their demise on September 5, 1622, during a hurricane.

To take advantage of the Gulf Stream’s strong currents, while staying close to land, the ships headed north from Havana, through the Straits of Florida. One day into its voyage, between Cuba and Florida, the fleet encountered a fierce hurricane. The storm moved rapidly westward and scattered the ships, capsizing some and slamming others onto the Florida Keys. Debris was spread from the Dry Tortugas to the Marquesas Keys.

Three treasure ships were lost in the storm, the famous Nuestra Senora de Atocha, Santa Margarita and Buen Jesús y Nuestra Señora del Rosario. Among the other victims was the smaller 117-ton merchant vessel Buen Jesús y Nuestra Señora del Rosario .

Perhaps the most exciting part of the find is that the shipwreck contains more than 17,000 pieces of real-life treasure. There were 39 bars of gold, ceramic jars, jewels, precious stones, silver coins, and even a device that was used to navigate the ship by the stars. And apparently, those aboard the ship kept parrots as pets, because bird bones were found on board. This is the first time the remains of a parrot have been found in a shipwreck. Pearls recovered from the shipwreck suggest the the Buen Jesús y Nuestra Señora del Rosario stopped in eastern Venezuela, which, along with Islands of Coche, Cubagua and Margarita, was the source of Spain’s richest pearl beds throughout the 16th and 17th-century colonial exploitation of the Americas. , The ship’s voyage is further confirmed in the historical records which indicate the Buen Jesús y Nuestra Señora del Rosario headed to Nueva Cordoba, the antiquated name for Cumana, located at the mouth of the Manzanares River on Venezuela’s Caribbean coast.

The shipwreck and its contents were found by Odyssey Marine Exploration, a company that specializes in locating long-lost deep-sea artifacts. Odyssey's president, Greg Stemm, said of the Spanish treasure, "this is the major find of our time."

The loss of the Rosario and the other eight ships is believed to have contributed to the fall of the Spanish Empire who were relying on the contents of the ship for a jump-start.

More information on the Nuestra Senora de Atocha can be found at GC4G033.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fvyire gncrq obggyr unatvat ng jngre'f rqtr ba gerr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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