A new book by author Julian Sancton explores the lengthy quest to find the Spanish galleon—and the political firestorm that ...
More than a decade after it was found, a centuries-old Spanish treasure ship worth billions remains nearly untouched on the ...
Experts brought to the surface the first treasures from the 1700s Spanish galleon the San José. Considered the Holy Grail of shipwrecks, the Colombian government is planning to preserve these first ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Spanish San José galleon sank in the Caribbean in 1708 after a battle with the British. . | ...
Cartagena's most famous relic is arguably a 300-year-old ship sitting two-thirds of a mile underwater—and at the center of a ...
Scientists in Colombia have recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a Spanish warship that sank three centuries ago. They are the first artifacts to be salvaged from a ...
The world’s most coveted shipwreck is finally giving up its secrets. After centuries on the Caribbean seabed, the Spanish galleon San José has yielded its first cache of coins, cannon and artifacts, ...
The first objects from what has been called the “holy grail of shipwrecks” have been recovered but a legal battle looms over who owns the sunken treasure worth as much as $20 billion. Scientists ...
BOGOTA, Colombia — 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 ...