SEBASTIAN, FL — More than 1,000 silver coins and five gold coins worth about $1 million were recovered from a 1715 Spanish shipwreck off the coast of Florida, a shipwreck salvage company said. On Sept ...
The artifacts are the first treasures to be recovered from the wreckage of the San José, a Spanish galleon that was sunk by ...
Dubbed the "holy grail of shipwrecks," the ship is believed to hold 11 million gold and silver coins, emeralds and other precious cargo.
Researchers recovered coins, a cannon, and more from the wreck, which is believed to hold billions of dollars’ worth of gold ...
Called the “Holy Grail of shipwrecks,” the Spanish galleon San José sank in 1708 after it was attacked by an English navy ...
Colombian archaeologists have retrieved the first items from what’s thought to be the most valuable shipwreck in the world. A Spanish naval ship, the San José, was sunk by a British fleet off the ...
BOGOTA, Colombia -- A cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup were among the first objects Colombian scientists recovered ...
The San José was returning to Europe laden with extraordinary wealth meant to fund Spain's war efforts when British warships intercepted it near the fortified port city of Cartagena, Colombia. The ...
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Scientists pull up first riches from 'Holy Grail of shipwrecks' that sank off Colombia in 1708
The shipwreck is considered to be one of the richest in the world and has rested at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea since ...
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