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Solid silver lion found on 1715 Florida shipwreck puzzles historians. ‘An odd object’
The 4-inch-tall figure counts as treasure, having been expertly crafted around 1715 from about half a pound of solid silver. A crest indicates it was the property of royalty or European nobility.
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Gold coins worth over $1M stolen off 1715 shipwreck recovered, Florida officials say
“In 2015, members of the Schmitt family — working as contracted salvage operators for 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels, LLC, — uncovered a treasure trove of 101 gold coins from the wrecks off ...
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1715 Strad Violin Sells for Record-Breaking $23 Million
The 1715 "Baron Knoop" Stradivari violin was sold in late February for $23,000,000, shattering the previous record set for a violin price in 2011, when the 1721 "Lady Blunt" Stradivari violin was sold ...
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Causes of the Jacobite rising of 1715
The Earl of Mar and other Jacobite leaders played a significant role in generating support for the rising of 1715. Mar organised a gathering of Jacobite clans at Braemar and told them of the ...
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Causes of the Jacobite rising of 1715
In 1715, there was an attempted rising by Jacobites against the Hanoverian monarchy. This became known as 'the 15.' Jacobites longed for a restoration of the Stuart dynasty and from 1707 they were ...