At the height of the Spanish empire, the Manila galleon turned Acapulco into a hub for the entire world's trade networks.

Madrid, Sep 15 (EFE). — The Manila Galleon, a trade route that for 250 years linked Asia, America and Europe, became the protagonist of a new grand exhibit inaugurated Thursday at Madrid’s ...

History enthusiasts and passionate sailors will now get chance to travel on a Spanish Galleon that has visited Portsmouth.

New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, Colombia's government announced Thursday, after the first robotic exploration of the three-century-old shipwreck.

Centuries after the Spanish galleon ship San José sunk in Colombian waters and nearly a decade after it was initially discovered, the estimated $17 billion shipwreck is set to be recovered as ...

Gold coins found in centuries-old shipwrecks off Colombia More than three centuries after a legendary Spanish galleon loaded with treasure sank off the coast of Colombia, researches have uncovered ...

More than three centuries after a legendary Spanish galleon loaded with treasure sank off the coast of Colombia, researches have uncovered new details about gold coins found scattered around the ...

Discovery of 300-Year-Old Coins May Prove $17 Billion ‘Richest Wreck in History’ Has Been Found The treasure, discovered by researchers, is thought to be from the Spanish galleon ship San ...

The Spanish galleon weighed more than a thousand tons, was made of wood reinforced with iron, and featured three masts and 64 cannons. In its cargo were gold, silver, silk and porcelain.