This undersea cave is the base camp of this group of "shipwreck pirates". After listening to their conversation for a while, Han Peacock realized that this group of pirates was really unusual. They had several medieval nautical charts marked in the ancient Spanish Stirian language.
Shipwreck site.
In addition, the other equipment is all modern diving detection equipment, including many remote-controlled robots, 8 metal detectors, 5 laptops, underwater cameras and 65 oxygen bottles!
This group of shipwreck pirates has been haunting the coast of Cadiz, Spain's "shipwreck treasure place" for some time.
The coast of Cadiz, Spain, is known as the "Treasure Land of Shipwrecks" because from the 16th to the 19th century, nearly 800 large sailing ships and warships sank here, and the "Sussex" also slept here.
Cadiz is located on the southern coast of Spain and is the largest port and one of the oldest cities in Spain.
In 1588, the Spanish Armada that sailed from Cadiz was defeated by the British fleet, which marked the beginning of the decline of Spain's maritime hegemony in Europe.
However, in the next two or three centuries, Spain still controlled large areas of colonies in the Caribbean and South America through its fleet.
To the east, Cadiz can control the Strait of Gibraltar, which leads from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean; to the north, it can threaten Portugal and the North Atlantic countries further north; to the southwest, it can directly sail to South America. Its geographical location is very important.
This group of shipwrecked pirates was heading for the treasure ship "Sussex" that was sleeping on the coast of Cadiz.
And they returned here after making important gains. However, after they came back, they discovered that there was a problem with their base camp, so they chose to sneak into the base at night.
Listening to the complaints of these people, Han Peacock discovered that the division of labor among them was very clear. There were powerful guards, knowledgeable archaeological historians, and electronics Ph.D.s who were proficient in modern technology. It can be said that this was a very
A perfect combination, so their gains are not small.
For example, this time, their gains were huge. Although not much, they definitely exceeded tens of millions of dollars.
After a dozen shipwreck pirates had packed up their belongings on the submarine, Han Kongque followed them and sneaked into a secret vault inside, where they rested.
At this time, Han Peacock discovered that this place was actually an ancient pirate base.
Perhaps hundreds of years ago, the entrance to the cave outside was not flooded by sea water, so it was occupied by pirates and became a pirate's nest.
After eavesdropping for a long time, Han Peacock also found out that this place was actually the home of the legendary pirate pirate queen.
Han Peacock knew that even now, there are pirates in this sea area, let alone ancient times.
Since the birth of the maritime industry, the profession of maritime plunder has emerged.
Polycrates Samosky was the first famous pirate. He was rampant in the Mediterranean in the 6th century BC, and made Phoenician merchants fearful of him. He was like a god of plague.
300 years later, Scutari, the leader of the Illyrians, formed a real pirate kingdom and cut off the commercial exchanges between the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea.
Since the 9th century, the Normans in Northern Europe have become powerful pirates.
They controlled the entire coastline from North Cape (Norway) to the Strait of Gibraltar, captured Sicily and Naples, and reached Constantinople.
In the 11th century, a pirate gang formed by Slavs appeared in the Baltic Sea.
They act recklessly and call themselves "Friends of God and Enemies of the World."
Between 1535 and 1560 after the discovery of the New World, the Spanish looted an astonishing amount of gold and silver treasures from the Americas.
French pirates also began to appear at sea and attacked Spanish ships.
After the wars from 1701 to 1713, Britain and France each gained their own territory in the New World and established a firm foothold. They no longer needed to use pirates to open up new territories.
As a result, the "sea adventurers" dispersed and fled to the Pacific or Indian Ocean, where they continued to survive for nearly 100 years.
In the mid-18th century, pirates became more organized. They sent money to the government and asked the government to allow them to rob enemy merchant ships.
However, according to the treaty signed with the government, part of the property stolen by the pirates must be turned over to the national treasury. With this treaty, the pirates have actually become legal sailors. They no longer have to worry about being hanged after being caught.
Died on the mast of the ship.
There are no famous pirates in Spanish history, but Don Estamba Catalina, known as the "Spanish Pirate Queen", is worth mentioning.
Caterina was born in Spain in the mid-18th century. She was the daughter of a Barcelona shipping king. Her childhood love of martial arts and distaste for literature made her unable to bear her father's decision to send her to a convent when she was 18, so she ran away from the family.
She cut off her red hair, disguised herself as a man and began her wandering career. In order to survive, she worked in various professions, working as a waiter in a bar, as a postman at the post office, joining a band of thieves, and also worked as a sailor.
A year later in Peru, she signed up for the Army and successfully concealed her identity.
But later in a riot, she accidentally killed her brother and embarked on the path of piracy.
In a naval battle, because the captain died in battle, Catalina was elected as the new captain. It was only at this time that she recovered her daughter's body.
In the years to come, Catalina used her actions to become the pirate queen, but she also had her own rules. She never attacked a Spanish ship and often rescued Spanish merchant ships in distress.
She missed her motherland all the time. Finally, under the joint attack of Spain and Britain, Catalina's team was defeated by the Spanish fleet. She was brought back to Madrid for trial, and was sentenced to death after the first trial. However, the people unanimously believed that she was innocent.
sinful.
This incident alarmed King Philip III. With his intervention, the court reopened the case and Catarina was eventually acquitted.
Not only that, the king personally summoned the "hero of Spain" and rewarded her with "a large sum of money and a fief."
Catarina has lived there ever since and has never married.
Of course, this is Katarina's life recorded in official history, and there is no record of the wealth Katarina plundered during her time as a pirate.
So, now, some people have begun to track down the treasure of this legendary pirate, and this cave was discovered.
No one thought that this legendary pirate, who had been active around the Americas, would have a lair hidden in the South Pacific.
However, if you think about it, you can understand it. After all, the Spanish fleet was very powerful at that time and opened up the route from the Pacific to the Americas. In addition, Indonesia is the earliest Spanish colony, so it is nothing for this legendary pirate to set up a lair here.
It's strange.
But because this legendary pirate king did not die in the end, she did not find too many treasures in these lairs, but there were still some gold and silver coins, which also gave this small shipwreck pirate group here their first bucket.
gold.
They used this first pot of gold to purchase submarines and various high-end instruments, which led to their current gains.
The more he listened, the more Han Kongque understood this small gang. These people made pirate flags, and they really deserved the name of pirates.
Stealing a sunken ship on the seabed is illegal, but as long as you want to follow the formal procedures, it is not impossible, just like Odyssey Company, but the people in this small gang can be said to be all scum, so the paths they choose are also different.
These guys are indeed pirates, because they stole all the ancient navigation charts in their hands.
As long as they discover this information, these guys will do anything to get it. There are also ships from some maritime salvage companies. As long as they are targeted, they will also rob other people's harvest.
It can be said that this group of people are real shipwreck pirates. As long as they know the information about the shipwreck, no matter whether the information is in the hands of individuals, companies, or even the government, they will evaluate it and seize it as long as there is an opportunity.
Once you get it, start taking action.
"It seems that there is still a future as a pirate." Listening to them sorting out the harvests hidden here and talking about the origins of these harvests, Han Kongque smiled bitterly.
Compared with searching hard for information and floating around the sea day and night looking for sunken ships on the seabed, it is easier to just snatch other people's results.
Although these guys are not many in number, they are absolutely vicious. This can be regarded as Han Peacock's luck.
If these people were just ordinary shipwreck pirates, Han Kongque would really have no reason to rob them, but it was different now.
The weapons of these guys are obtained from real pirates, and the channels through which they sell their stolen goods are several large pirate gangs. They cooperate with each other, cover each other, and jointly obtain huge profits.
And this chain of interests is not small, with many forces participating from top to bottom.
This small gang of more than a dozen people is attached to several large pirate groups. According to them, these large pirate groups even have official power.
In fact, Han Peacock has known this for a long time. From ancient times to the present, there have been official supports for pirates. The first ones were the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, etc., and now there are more, but most of them are small countries or war-torn countries.
Countries, such as Somalia as we know it.
Through the description of this group of pirates, Han Peacock discovered that Southeast Asia seemed to be more chaotic. It was no wonder that there were not many fishing boats fishing here, because it was really dangerous.
In our time, piracy seems to have become a history only displayed in museums, but this is not the case. The International Maritime Organization recently released a set of data on ship attacks in recent years.
134 cases in 1995; 8 cases in 1996; 5 cases in 1997; 85 cases in 1999; 309 cases in 2000; 165 cases in the first half of 2001. (To be continued.)