DETAIL: FIRST EN RADA BAR, LOWER THIRD. 
REFERENCES: 

DALEY, Robert. Treasure. Random House. NY. 1977. PHOTO: between pp. 182 and 183. 

LYON, Eugene. The Search for the Atocha. Harper & Row. NY. 1979. PHOTO: between pp. 86 and 87. 

MATHEWSON, R. Duncan III. Treasure of the Atocha. Pisces. NY. 1986. PHOTO: between pp. 32 and 33 on Plate C-6. 

TRUPP, Philip Z. Tracking Treasure. Acropolis. Wash., DC. 1986. PHOTO: p. 154. 
 

This article was excerpted from PLVS VLTRA Newsletter 
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