[Anders]

Originally Posted by ericthered

I was reading about the old spainish treasure fleets. In order to protect it from pirates, all of the silver collected for half a year would be loaded onto a few ships and a sizeable portion of the spainish navy would guard it across the Atlantic.

The Silver Train and the Treasure Fleet. Known by all people who played Sid Meier's Pirates! game.

http://theageofpirates.com/miscellan...-silver-train/
http://theageofpirates.com/miscellan...reasure-fleet/