Exploration of a 300-year-old wreck in the Caribbean Sea with an estimate £16bn trove starts.
The Colombian government has started exploring a sunk 18th Century Spanish galleon dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks”.
The ship, whose ownership remains contested, was carrying one of the largest hauls of valuables ever lost at sea when it was attacked just outside of the Colombian city of Cartagena.At the time, the vessel had beento help pay for his war against the British. Almost 600 crew members went down with it.
Underwater robots will also take readings around the shipwreck, which will be used to inform academic studies, the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History said.Colombian GovernmentThe title of the project translates as “towards the heart of the San José galleon”. The Colombian government has said the declaration of the site as a protected area would allow for it to be preserved, given its "high scientific and heritage value".of the wreckage in 2015 - but it is subject to longstanding legal disputes over who owns the contents of the ship.
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