![]() But these are the sort of discussions that will be had."Īt the end of 2015, then-Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced the discovery of the exact location of the wreck, which was confirmed by the ship's unique bronze cannons with dolphin engravings.Ĭolombia has said it will cost about $70 million to carry out a full salvage operation on the wreckage, which is at a depth of between 2,000 and 3,200 feet. "Can you pluck treasure off the seabed without disturbing a war grave? I doubt you can. "It makes it very touchy because one is not supposed to intervene in war graves," Justin Leidwanger, an archaeologist at Stanford University who studies ancient shipwrecks, told Live Science in 2015. Only a few of the San Jose's 600-member crew survived the wreck. The San Jose was at the time carrying gold, silver and precious stones which were to be delivered from the Spanish colonies in Latin America to the court of King Philip V. ![]() Long the daydream of treasure hunters worldwide, the San Jose galleon was sunk by the British Navy on the night of June 7, 1708, off Cartagena de Indias. "The sums of wealth are invaluable, and the responsibility of the protégés has already been extracted, contributing to the history of Colombia, the Caribbean and the world," she said. The treasure could be worth billions of dollars if ever recovered. The uber-loot, which experts estimate to include at least 200 tons of gold, silver and emeralds, will be a point of pride for Colombia, Vice President and top diplomat Marta Lucia Ramirez said in a statement. New data suggests such shipwrecks could reveal the history of hurricanes in the region.Īccording to a presidential decree released earlier this year, companies or individuals interested in excavating the ship will have to sign a "contract" with the state and submit a detailed inventory of their finds to the government as well as plans for handling the goods. During the eighteenth century, 11 Spanish galleons ships heavily laden. The Spanish San Jose Galleon sunk in the Caribbean in 1708 after a battle with the British. Golden Treasure on Floridas Beaches Beautiful golden sand isnt the only treasure to be found on Floridas beaches. The Colombian government considers it a "national treasure" and wants it to be displayed in a future museum to be built in Cartagena. Colombia was a colony of Spain when the San Jose was sunk in 1708, and gold from across South America, especially modern-day Peru and Bolivia, was stored in the fort of its coastal city, Cartagena, before being shipped back to Europe. ![]()
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