SOURCE: The Independent
5-13-14
tags: Christopher Columbus, Santa Maria
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5-13-14
Found after 500 years, the wreck of Christopher Columbus’s flagship the Santa Maria
Breaking Newstags: Christopher Columbus, Santa Maria
More than five centuries after Christopher Columbus’s flagship, the Santa Maria, was wrecked in the Caribbean, archaeological investigators think they may have discovered the vessel’s long-lost remains – lying at the bottom of the sea off the north coast of Haiti. It’s likely to be one of the world’s most important underwater archaeological discoveries.
“All the geographical, underwater topography and archaeological evidence strongly suggests that this wreck is Columbus’ famous flagship, theSanta Maria,” said the leader of a recent reconnaissance expedition to the site, one of America’s top underwater archaeological investigators, Barry Clifford.
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