our explorations with Sea Diver — a voyage during which 

 we would seek the place of Columbus's first landfall and 

 his route through the Bahamas when he discovered the 

 New World, and during which we would search for the 

 unknown reef oflF the north coast of Haiti where the Santa 

 Maria met her doom. The voyage would also include the 

 faraway Silver shoals beyond Turks island, where Captain 

 Phips made fame and fortune with his discovery of a 

 treasure-laden Spanish plate ship. 



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