Despite being buried in the dark depths of the Caribbean Sea for the past 300 years, the San José galleon has still managed to bring international tensions to the surface. First found in 2015 by the ...

The San José is a Spanish Galleon that sank off the coast of Cartagena in 1708, while trying to outrun the cannons of pursuing British warships. It was the flagship of a royal armada returning to King ...

Colombia announced on November 22 the recovery of several artefacts from the wreck of the San Jose galleon, a Spanish ship that sank in 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession and was ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A solid gold chain and an intricate gold-and-enamel spoon are among items pulled from the wreckage of a 400-year-old Spanish galleon that will be auctioned off next month. Nuestra ...

Colombia has launched the initial phase of an underwater expedition to explore a Spanish warship that sank in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago and is believed to contain billions of dollars worth ...

In a twist of fate that echoes the colonial past, members of three South American indigenous communities are staking their claim to a share of the treasure from a Spanish galleon that sank off the ...

More than a decade after it was found, a centuries-old Spanish treasure ship worth billions remains nearly untouched on the seafloor while Spain, Colombia, Indigenous groups, and American booty ...

Over 10 years after its initial discovery, “the greatest sunken treasure in the history of humanity” sits untouched at the bottom of the Caribbean Ocean. The San José shipwreck, valued over $5 billion ...

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has shelved a lawsuit against American treasure hunters that accused them of having destroyed an underwater archaeological site when they looted a sunken galleon for tons ...

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