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This is the San José. In their new study, a team of archaeologists, historians, and naval officers pieced together the ...
“Hand-struck, irregularly shaped coins—known as cobs in English and macuquinas in Spanish—served as the primary currency in ...
The San Jose galleon was believed to be holding gold, silver, gemstones and other treasure worth billions of dollars when it was sunk in 1708.
I had a Parker Jotter pen only because James Bond used one in GoldenEye. I got particular about my Parker refills, but that was as deep as I got into stationery. A fountain pen, to me, was ...
In 1628, Admiral and Commander Piet Heyn (1577–1629) was ordered to intercept the returning Spanish treasure fleet laden with silver, gold, pearls, spices, pigments, crucifixes, etc. At the time ...
New Delhi: Have you heard about the Spanish galleon San Jose that sank 317 years ago, in 1708? The ship was carrying 200 tons of gold and a treasure trove of diamonds and jewels, estimated to be ...
On Saturday, Spanish military aircraft landed at the Torrejon air force base near Madrid bearing 594,000 gold and silver coins ... While the treasure is now in Spain, there is still legal action ...
Colombian academics have used high-definition images of coins to identify the ship as the San José, which was heading from ...
The new Guy Ritchie flick Fountain ... treasure hunt movies — those transporting ventures where you feel like one of the crew scouring jungles, deserts and azure oceans for a pot of gold at ...
The treasure fleet flagship exploded amid a fierce Caribbean battle with the British navy in 1708. Now, verification that the wreck’s been found is likely to inflame a fierce four-way legal ...