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

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

Colombian academics have used high-definition images of coins to identify the ship as the San José, which was heading from ...

Discovery of 18th century Spanish galleon sparks £16 billion legal fight - Colombia, Spain, Peru and indigenous communities ...

Officials claim they used coins discovered inside a shipwreck off the coast of Colombia to prove the doomed vessel is the ...

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

It was the “one that got away”. It became the “Holy Grail” of shipwrecks. Now, decades after treasure hunters claimed to have found its remains, the identity of the $26 billion Spanish galleon San ...

For centuries, a £16-billion treasure trove of gold, silver and emeralds was lost beneath the waves of the Caribbean.

A CENTURIES-old Spanish galleon stacked with a £16billion treasure trove has finally been found, researchers have claimed.

The find has sparked a multi-billion-pound legal battle over ownership of the gold, silver, and emeralds on board, which had ...

The San Jose, a Spanish galleon that sank in the Caribbean in 1708 on a voyage from Peru to Spain, has long been said to hold ...

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