 There were no survivors, and the fate of the ship remained unknown for almost four centuries.The wreck was found in 1972 during a magnetometer survey by a boat operated by a subsidiary of Mel Fisher's Treasure Salvors, Inc. (Fisher's company was searching for the "Nuestra Señora de Atocha" and other ships of the 1622 Spanish treasure fleet that had wrecked along the Florida Keys in a hurricane.