US EditionColombia Recovers First Treasures From 300-Year-Old ‘Holy Grail of Shipwrecks’
The scientific expedition aims to study the wreck and sinking causes, recovering artifacts from the 1708 San José galleon amid ongoing legal disputes over its treasure.
- On Thursday, Colombian scientists recovered a cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup from the San José, and Colombia's culture ministry said the artifacts will be conserved in a dedicated conservation laboratory.
- Historians and officials disagree about whether an explosion sank the 62-gun three-masted galleon San José after an English squadron ambush or if officials suggesting hull damage caused the sinking.
- The wreck's depth and secrecy mean the site lies roughly 600 meters deep and holds 11 million gold and silver coins, emeralds and other precious cargo, with exact coordinates a state secret.
- Legal claims over the wreck have escalated, with Colombia in arbitration with Sea Search Armada and an investor firm claiming $10 billion as 50% of the treasure.
- After researchers located the galleon in 2015, President Gustavo Petro's government emphasized the research expedition is scientific, not a treasure seizure, following official protocols.
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Colombia recovered gold and bronze coins, a cup of porcelain and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship, known as the “Santo Grail of the shipwrecks.” These artifacts are the first treasures recovered from the remains of San José, a Spanish galleon that was sunk by the British Royal Navy in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago. At the time of its sinking, during the Spanish Succession War, San José transported large quantities of gold, silver a…
Colombia recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship, known as the “Holy Grail of Shipwrecks”.
Colombia Recovers the First Treasures From the San José Galleon, Sunk in the Caribbean 300 Years Ago
By Michael Rios, CNN Colombia has recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup, and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship, known as the “Holy Grail of Shipwrecks.” These artifacts are the first treasures recovered from the remains of the San José, a Spanish galleon sunk by the British Royal Navy in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago. At the time of its sinking, during the War of the Spanish Succession, the San José was transporting large…
By Michael Rios, CNN Colombia has recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup, and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship, known as the “Holy Grail of Shipwrecks.” These artifacts are the first treasures recovered from the remains of the San José, a Spanish galleon sunk by the British Royal Navy in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago. At the time of its sinking, during the War of the Spanish Succession, the San José was transporting large…
Colombia Recovers the First Treasures From the San José Galleon, Sunk in the Caribbean 300 Years Ago
By Michael Rios, CNN Colombia has recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup, and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship, known as the “Holy Grail of Shipwrecks.” These artifacts are the first treasures recovered from the remains of the San José, a Spanish galleon sunk by the British Royal Navy in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago. At the time of its sinking, during the War of the Spanish Succession, the San José was transporting large…
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