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A new research reveals the details of the gold currencies found on the ship’s wreckage Colombia More evidence that the ship was San Jose GallionA 300 -year -old Spanish warship is believed to contain artifacts worth billions of dollars.
Scientists used an underwater vehicle to wipe the debris and take pictures of some of its shipments, according to a study published in the magazine Ancient times Tuesday.
Then they used photography measuring to create three -dimensional reconstruction of coins, revealing the Jerusalem cross and seminar symbols of the Bags of Spanish kings in Castile and Lyon.
They also discovered the symbols that turned out that the coins were in Lima, Peru, in 1707, proving the wreckage of the ship after that date.
Historical records indicate that San Jose was part of the shipping fleet known as Flota de Tierra Firme.
It was one of a number of ships in the fleet that left Peru in 1707 to carry a large amount of royal goods, but the records show that they did not reach Spain, instead drowned in Colombia after a battle with British forces in 1708.
The researchers say the coins enhances the issue that this is in fact San Jose, which is often called “the holy cup of ships”.
“The main currencies that were enacted in a statement on Tuesday were on Tuesday:” irregular irregular coins-known as the cup in English and Mocheinas in Spanish-worked as a major operation in the Americas for more than two centuries, “the main researcher Daniela Vargas Arza of the National Institute and Anthropology in Colombia (ICANH) said in a statement on Tuesday.
She said: “The Tira Verses fleet, led by San Jose Gallion, is the exclusive monopoly on the transfer of royal treasures between South America and the Iberian Peninsula.”
“This richness represents a rare opportunity to explore an underwater archaeological location and deepen our understanding of trade and marine roads in the eighteenth century,” said Vargas Arza.
The author of the study told Jesso Alberto Almana Mendoza, an archaeologist who specializes in underwater cultural heritage, that “it is very surprising to find them during our research and be able to analyze it closely.”
He added that the project “was able to study the artifacts from the site as it did not happen before, as it was able to link the archaeological materials to historical documents.”
Since its drowning, the ship has not disturbed the coast of the city of Cartagina in the Caribbean port, despite the historical importance of the effects in this, which is estimated at about $ 17 billion, due to a continuous legal battle of billions of dollars.
While the Colombian government confirms that it discovered for the first time in 2015 with the help of international scientists, its claims were given by a US-based marine rescue company called Sea Search-Armada (SSA), previously known as Gloocca Morra, which argues that it discovered the ship’s option in the early eighties.
SSA launched a legal battle against the Colombian government at the Permanent International Arbitration Court, claiming that it was entitled to about 10 billion dollars – half of the estimated value of the wreckage of the ship. The Colombian government contradicts SSA claims.
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