Shipwreck off Kenyan Coast May Have Been Vasco da Gama’s São Jorge
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="
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<h2>Corroborating the Correct Ship</h2>
<p>“… we don't know for sure,” mused Filipe Castro, maritime archaeologist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal and lead author of the new study published in the <a href="
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-024-09431-5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">
Journal of Maritime Archaeology[/url]
. Their next step is to conduct an archaeological survey of the coral reefs stretching north from Malindi to Ras Ngomeni – 15 miles (25 kilometers) long. The ship is nestled amid the corals on the seabed, with timbers from the ship’s hull and frame unearthed in two archaeological trenches at the site.</p>
<p>"I think this is a unique shipwreck. It is a treasure,” Castro told <a href="
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/it-is-a-treasure-wreck-off-kenyan-coast-may-be-from-vasco-da-gamas-final-voyage" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">
Live Science[/url]
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