500-year-old shipwreck tied to Vasco da Gama discovered off the coast of Oman
 

500-year-old shipwreck tied to Vasco da Gama discovered off the coast of Oman
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The 500-year-old wreckage of a Portuguese ship piloted by an uncle of Italian explorer Vasco da Gama has been found off the coast of Oman, archaeologists said Tuesday, a discovery that included the recovery of an extraordinarily rare coin.

The Esmeralda sank during a storm near al-Hallaniyah Island in the Indian Ocean in May 1503, killing commander Vicente Sodre and all those aboard.

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A large group of researchers have been carefully studying the shipwreck since 2013,*but are only **w revealing many of their findings after completing their analyses.*Esmeralda is the earliest*ship from Europe's Age of Discovery ever to be found and scientifically investigated, according to a press release an**uncing the findings.* Read more...


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