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Shipwreck · Partially salvaged

Silver Bank (Nuestra Señora de la Concepción)

Wrecked 1641, Silver Bank, north of the Dominican Republic
RECOVERED
Evidence status: Historical tradition. no documented source (historical tradition); legal status unknown (manual verification recommended). This account is presented as historical tradition, not verified fact. Manual verification recommended. Repository evidence: 0 sources · 0 timeline events · 0 media items · legal unknown · view on the Map Evidence on file: historical tradition

Silver Bank (Nuestra Señora de la Concepción): still unexplained.

Tons of silver still among the coral

The subject
developing the photograph…
The manifest
Tons of silver still among the coral
Last known, where the trail went cold
Phips raised 32 tons in 1687 and made his fortune; Burt Webber found her again in 1978, and still left silver behind.
The account

A treasure so vast it named the sea floor it sank into. Two famous salvages, three centuries apart, and the bank has not given it all back. The coral grows a little thicker over the rest each year.

Leads, where the trail points now
  • Where the trail goes cold: Phips raised 32 tons in 1687 and made his fortune; Burt Webber found her again in 1978, and still left silver behind. That is where any serious search begins.
  • What you are chasing is Tons of silver still among the coral. Work the documented record of Silver Bank (Nuestra Señora de la Concepción) back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore.
  • Confirm who owns and governs Silver Bank, north of the Dominican Republic and get written permission before any search; treat protected or archaeological ground as off limits.
What the record holds

What remains open

  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.
What we know, and what we don't
Established

No documentary claim is yet established. The account rests on tradition.

Still open
  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.
The evidence room

No documentary or visual exhibits have been located yet. The trail below and the open leads are where this dossier grows next — every exhibit that enters here carries a source.

Where the trail points now
  • Where the trail goes cold: Phips raised 32 tons in 1687 and made his fortune; Burt Webber found her again in 1978, and still left silver behind. That is where any serious search begins.
  • What you are chasing is Tons of silver still among the coral. Work the documented record of Silver Bank (Nuestra Señora de la Concepción) back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore.
  • Confirm who owns and governs Silver Bank, north of the Dominican Republic and get written permission before any search; treat protected or archaeological ground as off limits.
  • Search Library of Congress + DPLA (IIIF) for period cartography of the site.
  • Run Chronicling America for dated newspaper mentions.
  • Query NARA for archival records tied to the site.

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The first leads, so no one walks in cold.
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Chart position 20.700°, -69.750° (approx.) View on the Map