Two engineers from Cieza in search of sunken treasures

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Keywords:

Engineering, project, shipwrecks, Rande Treasure, underwater heritage, Cieza, Vigo

Abstract

The figures of the military engineer Manuel Moxó Durán, a servant of the 1913 replacement of Cieza and his cousin, the civil engineer Raimundo Moxó Ruano, a native of Cieza, are studied. They carried out the project conceived by Manuel Moxó to recover the treasures sunk in the Battle of Rande in Vigo in 1702 and the formation of a board of trustees and a public limited company, called "Los Galeones de Vigo. Grupo Financiero", which would provide the necessary capital to carry out the project.

Author Biography

Pascual Santos-Lopez, Universidad de Murcia

PhD in Comparative Social History from the University of Murcia. Master's degree in "The modernization of Spain between Europe and Latin America". Industrial Technical Engineer. Researcher in Cultural History of Technology, Industrial History, Industrial Heritage and Enlightenment Thought. Member of the Research Group on the History of Science, Medical Documentation and Health Promotion at the University of Murcia. He is a member of the Spanish Society for the History of Science and Technology and the Fray Pasqual Salmerón Center for Historical Studies. Cultural projects: "Ingenuity and Technology in the Region of Murcia 1878-1966", "Ingenuity and Technology in Spain 1878-1966" and "Technology, Thought and Innovation in Modern and Contemporary Spain". Blogs: gacetainventores.wordpress.com historialocalmurcia.wordpress.com Web: ingenioytecnica.org

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Published

2025-12-31

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Artículos