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What the coins of the San José Galleon shipwreck reveal
Researchers have used an unmanned underwater vehicle to carry out a non-intrusive investigation of an 18th-century AD ...
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Underwater Images of Coins Sheds Light on San José Galleon, the Holy Grail of Shipwrecks
The coins of the San José Galleon, found off Colombia’s coast, are helping researchers trace the ship’s history.
300-Year-Old Coins Help Confirm Shipwreck as the Long-Lost San José Galleon
The Spanish galleon sank in 1708 and was discovered in 2015, but its true identity remained unconfirmed—until now.
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Plan to recover "holy grail" of shipwrecks holding billions of dollars in treasure is approved over 3 centuries after ship sank
More than three centuries after the legendary San Jose galleon sank off the coast of Colombia while laden with gold, silver and emeralds, the nation has officially approved a plan to recover the ...
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Spanish Galleon Sank With $17-Billion Worth of Treasure In Today’s Money. Now Confirmed As the World’s Richest Shipwreck
This is the San José. In their new study, a team of archaeologists, historians, and naval officers pieced together the ...
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The Holy Grail of Shipwrecks: San José Galleon Is Coming Up With Its $20 Billion Treasure
The discovery of the San José galleon and plans to have it excavated by 2026 ... a battle called Wager's Action when a fleet of Spanish ships laden with goods stolen from the New World tried ...
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A Treasure May Be Off the Coast of Colombia, but Who Can Claim It?
The San José galleon was destroyed in 1708 ... Now Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, wants to accelerate a plan to bring the ship and its contents to the surface — and everyone wants ...