These gold coins, known as cobs, date to 1707, the year before the San José sank. ARC-DIMAR 2022 / Vargas Ariza et al., Antiquity More than 300 years after the Spanish galleon San José sank off the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The San José was sunk by British forces on June 8, 1708. In June 1708, the San José and a fleet of 17 other vessels departed the ...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine builders stumbled across the wreck of an 18th century Spanish galleon while digging the foundations for a riverside high-rise building in Buenos Aires, archeologists ...

A wealth of treasure onboard the “world’s richest shipwreck” is starting to be revealed. Marine archaeologists and the Colombian Navy have recently been studying the sunken remains of a ship that's ...

BOGOTA, ColombiaBOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s government announced plans Friday for a deep-water expedition to explore the mythical galleon San José, sunk in the 18th century in the country’s northern ...

In 1708, the British sank a Spanish galleon—a large war and/or merchant ship used from the 15th through the 17th centuries—off the coast of Colombia. Over three centuries later, its cargo of gold ...

Hurricane Dean's rampage over Mexico's Caribbean coast last week unearthed three rusted 18th century cannons that had lain buried under a sandy beach for decades. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

Colombia's government announced plans Friday for a deep-water expedition to explore the mythical galleon San José, sunk in the 18th century in the country's northern Caribbean and believed to contain ...

TRAVERSE CITY, MI - This graceful Spanish galleon was a long way from her home in Spain when she sailed into Grand Traverse Bay on Friday, with plans to stay for the weekend. The visit by the 164-foot ...