US EditionLost for 300 Years, Pirate-Plundered Treasure Ship Discovered Off Madagascar Coast
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GizmodoLost for 300 Years, Pirate-Plundered Treasure Ship Discovered off Madagascar Coast
From the coast of Madagascar springs a story of pirates and sunken treasure, as an American research team believe they have identified a famous shipwreck. Nossa Senhora do Cabo (Our Lady of the Cape) was a 700-ton Portuguese warship captured by an infamous French pirate while returning to Lisbon in 1721. In the hold, a […] The post Lost for 300 Years, Pirate-Plundered Treasure Ship Discovered off Madagascar Coast appeared first on Good News Netw…
There are archaeological evidence identifying a ship in the 18th century, on the island of Madame, which suggests being the ship Our Lady of Cabo, a Portuguese ship captured by the pirates in 1721.
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der Standard DEThe Nossa Senhora do Cabo is said to have been captured by pirates 300 years ago before the island of Réunion and brought to Madagascar.
Divers Discover Portuguese Shipwreck Off Madagascar - Archaeology Magazine
Photomosaic of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo wreck excavation grid showing the lower hull framework NOSY BORAHA, MADAGASCAR—According to a Live Science report, archaeologists from the Center for Historic Shipwreck Preservation believe they have identified the wreck of a treasure-laden eighteenth-century Portuguese ship that was famously attacked by pirates off the coast of Madagascar. In 1721, the Nossa Senhora do Cabo departed India en route to Por…
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After years of research, archaeologists have discovered the wreck of an 18th-century Portuguese ship off the coast of Madagascar. Based on the artifacts found, they believe that it was a vessel carrying treasure worth almost three billion crowns. However, in African waters, it faced an attack by pirates led by Olivier Levasseur, known as La Buse, or the Buzzard.
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