The Hidden Galleon in the news

May 31, 2007

Odyssey Marine Exploration recently brought in 17 tons of gold and silver coins where it was placed under the protection of the federal court in Tampa Florida. On May 30, 2007 the Kingdom of Spain filed a claim in that court in the event the treasure might have come from from a Spanish wreck. The news from Madrid, Spain via the AP, says that the same attorneys who represented Spain in their 2000 victory over La Galga and the Juno will pursue Spain's interest in the $500 million. Perhaps they feel empowered by that so-called legal precedent.

JUNE 19, 2007.

Attorneys for the Kingdom of Spain filed an "Opposed Motion of Claimant the Kingdom of Spain for a more definitive statement  and Other

Disclosure, or in the Alternative, to Dismiss" in the Odyssey Marine Exploration case. The purpose is to make Odyssey disclose what they found and where they found it pursuant to the rules of the Admiralty Court. Spain cited as precedent their victory in the case of La Galga and the Juno in 2000. They claimed that their motion was "consistent with long standing international and U. S. law and recent case law

specifically affirming the application of these principles to sunken Spanish property." Should these so-called precedents be allowed to stand if the court that made them lacked legal jurisdiction? 

June 30, 2007

Chesapeake Life Magazine is running their story entitled  "Ponies' Secret" in their July/August 2007 issue. Don't miss it.

July 25, 2007

The 82nd Annual Fireman's Carnival, Pony Swim, and Auction will be held July 25-26, 2007, at Chincoteague Island, Virginia. More info.