SUNKEN GOLD.
ARMADA TREASURE SHIP. QUEST TO BE RESUMED. Ladv Kdith Fox-I'itt arid Mrs. Leask are about to resume their search for the contents of the Armada treasure gal leon Florencia. which was sunk ill Pobprniorv Ray, off the coast of Scotland, in 1588
II IS behoved that the Florencia carried the pay of the Armada and of the Spanish army in Flanders, totalling £45,000 a dav, and also the crown for the first " Spanish King of England." Relics already recovered by Colonel Foss, the lessee of the wreck, from the Duke of Argyll, include pieces of eight, pewter pots, weapons and a medallion. Lady Fox-Pitt, who is 54 years of age, IS a (laughter of the Bth Marquess of t^ueensberry.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20105, 16 November 1928, Page 16
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121SUNKEN GOLD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20105, 16 November 1928, Page 16
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