The Spanish galleon sank in 1708 and was discovered in 2015, but its true identity remained unconfirmed—until now.

“Hand-struck, irregularly shaped coins—known as cobs in English and macuquinas in Spanish—served as the primary currency in ...

Researchers in Colombia have identified the San José galleon. The ship sank in 1708 during a battle. It carried treasure now ...

This is the San José. In their new study, a team of archaeologists, historians, and naval officers pieced together the ...

The coins of the San José Galleon, found off Colombia’s coast, are helping researchers trace the ship’s history.

Centuries-old coins, believed to be part of a $17 billion treasure trove on the shipwreck of the Spanish galleon ship San ...

Researchers have confirmed the existence of a 300-year-old Spanish galleon dubbed the “Holy Grail of shipwrecks”, sparking a ...

Researchers have definitively identified the wreck of the San José, a Spanish galleon laden with treasure estimated at £16 ...

Now that the location of this Holy Grail of treasure ships is known, a fierce legal wrangle has begun. The key question is, ...

Researchers have used an unmanned underwater vehicle to carry out a non-intrusive investigation of an 18th-century AD ...

High definition ROV images and 3D reconstruction revealed 1707 Lima mint marks on dozens of raw coins scattered 600 metres ...