Episode 21 - SS Central America (Lost Ship of Gold)
Episode description
Do you like gold? Hurricanes? Treasure hunting? Swindling and betrayal? We have a story for you.
In this episode, we discuss the 1857 sinking of the SS Central America - known as the "Ship of Gold" - the subsequent search and recovery efforts, and some protracted legal battles.
*Originally released 7/25/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/16/22
Main sources for the episode:
Bowers, Q. David. A California Gold Rush History, California Gold Marketing Group, 2002.
Lacitis, Erik. "Seattle group helped find 15 tons of gold lost on sunken ship. It took 30 years to get their shares." Seattle Times, 5 April 2019, www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/the-ss-central-america-ship-of-gold-and-lost-lives/. Accessed 1 July 2021.
Stone, Lawrence D. "Search for the SS Central America: Mathematical Treasure Hunting." Interface, vol. 22, no. 1, 1992, pp. 32 - 45