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Billions of dollars of gold, silver and emeralds encrust a tiny patch of the Caribbean Sea. In 1708, during the War of Spanish Succession (1701 to 1714), a British Navy warship sailing from Panama sank the 62-gun Spanish galleon known as the San José. This treasure-laden galleon has lain undisturbed off the coast of Cartagena, the fortified city on Colombia's Caribbean coast, for the last three centuries.
When the wreck of the San José was discovered in 2015 it sparked an international uproar as several countries laid claim on her immensely valuable cargo, dubbed the Holy Grail of shipwrecks. Nevertheless, Colombia's President Ivan Duque announced that the Colombian Navy (ARC) has sent a high tech robot to a depth of 944.88 metres (3,100 ft) with a high-resolution camera.
Underwater Robot Discovers Two More Wrecks:
During four dives to the San Jose wreck, the deep-sea rover also discovered the rotting hulls of two more ships. The BBC reported that their discovery is testimony not only to the volume of heritage on the bed of the Caribbean Sea, but also to how turbulent this area of water was in the not so distant past. “It is believed that there are more than 1,000 sunken Spanish galleons off the coast of Colombia alone,” reported Al Jazeera .
The two ships, a colonial-era galleon and a schooner, have been dated to Colombia's war for independence from Spain which it achieved in 1819, thanks to Simón Bolívar’s campaign to liberate New Granada. Colombian Admiral Gabriel Perez said these two ships, and other discoveries in the same area, are being scheduled for further archaeological exploration. However, the exact location is being kept private for Colombia is renowned for its high-level looting.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/san-jose-wreck-0016896
When the wreck of the San José was discovered in 2015 it sparked an international uproar as several countries laid claim on her immensely valuable cargo, dubbed the Holy Grail of shipwrecks. Nevertheless, Colombia's President Ivan Duque announced that the Colombian Navy (ARC) has sent a high tech robot to a depth of 944.88 metres (3,100 ft) with a high-resolution camera.
Underwater Robot Discovers Two More Wrecks:
During four dives to the San Jose wreck, the deep-sea rover also discovered the rotting hulls of two more ships. The BBC reported that their discovery is testimony not only to the volume of heritage on the bed of the Caribbean Sea, but also to how turbulent this area of water was in the not so distant past. “It is believed that there are more than 1,000 sunken Spanish galleons off the coast of Colombia alone,” reported Al Jazeera .
The two ships, a colonial-era galleon and a schooner, have been dated to Colombia's war for independence from Spain which it achieved in 1819, thanks to Simón Bolívar’s campaign to liberate New Granada. Colombian Admiral Gabriel Perez said these two ships, and other discoveries in the same area, are being scheduled for further archaeological exploration. However, the exact location is being kept private for Colombia is renowned for its high-level looting.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/san-jose-wreck-0016896
