Sentence examples for the largest treasure from inspiring English sources

In May, Odyssey had announced that it had discovered, somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, a colonial-era shipwreck that had yielded seventeen tons of silver coins and several hundred gold ones — possibly the largest treasure ever recovered from the sea.

The Gold Rush-era loot pulled from the Atlantic Ocean (the subject of the 1998 bestseller Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea) is the largest treasure unearthed in American history.

So, when the multi-billionaire creator of a virtual world dies, he hides his entire fortune somewhere within his creation to spark the largest treasure hunt the world has ever known.

To service seven different tributary missions abroad, the Nanjing shipyards constructed two thousand vessels from 1403 to 1419, which included the large treasure ships that measured 112 m (370 ft) to 134 m (440 ft) in length and 45 m (150 ft) to 54 m (180 ft) in width.

Their task: try to put a value on what is believed to be the largest temple treasure in the world.

Some excavations have met moderate success near these places, with people retrieving a small quantities of silver and gold coins in Guaniquilla (a sector located between Cabo Rojo and Aguada), which further fueled the idea that a larger treasure could be nearby.

It shows the famous and mysterious Captain Flint at the beginning of his messianic quest to amass the largest trove of treasure the world has ever seen.

The gritty hour-long series is set in a lawless world during the Golden Age of Piracy when Captain Flint (played by Toby Stephens) is beginning his Messianic quest for the largest haul of treasure in the world.

The small lakeside museum lays claim to a big treasure: the largest collection of works by the folk artist Earl Cunningham, whose colorful paintings on masonite display a kind of modernist passion.

Nate and Elena find a series of maze-like passages below the monastery leading to a large treasure vault in which they find Sir Francis Drake's body, assuming that he died on the island searching for the treasure.

The pirate Blackbeard is said to have buried a large treasure of silver bars on one of the islands. 1 p.m. 6) Island with a View For a nice picnic spot and a good look at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (across the river in Kittery, Me ., drive out to Pierce Island.