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Colombia recovers first treasures from 300-year-old ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’
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By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Colombia has recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks.” The artifacts are the first treasures to be recovered from the wreckage of the San José, a Spanish galleon that was sunk by the…
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Colombian scientists have recovered a cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup from the Caribbean Sea. That's where the Spanish galleon San José sank in 1708. The Colombian culture ministry announced the recovery on Thursday. The ship is believed to hold valuable treasures.
By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Colombia has recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks.” The artifacts are the first treasures to be recovered from the wreckage of the San José, a Spanish galleon that was sunk by the…
Colombian authorities on Thursday showed off the first objects to be recovered from a treasure-crammed Spanish galleon that sank off the coast 300 years
Colombian scientists recovered the first items of an 18 Century shipwreck in the Caribbean sea with a treasure worth billions of dollars, local authorities said
