The confirmation that a legendary Spanish galleon holds an estimated 17 billion dollars in treasure has turned a long‑whispered maritime myth into a measurable economic and political reality. The San ...

A cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup were among the first objects Colombian scientists recovered from the depths of the Caribbean Sea where the mythical Spanish galleon San José sank in 1708 ...

(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 ...