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Mystery of 17th century shipwreck holding 400 gold coins finally solved after 30 years
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400 Gold Coins Reveal Identity of 17th-Century Shipwreck Off England
Items recovered from the Salcombe shipwreck, including pewter, pottery and gold coins. Credit: Porter, Venetia / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Researchers have identified a 17th-century shipwreck off the coast of England using more than 400 gold coins pulled from the seabed. The wreck, found by divers in Salcombe Bay, Devon, turned out to be a Dutch trading ship called the “Dom van Keulen.” It sank in 1633 while sailing from Morocco to Amsterdam. The discover…
Mystery of 17th century shipwreck holding 400 gold coins finally solved after 30 years
The identity of a centuries-old shipwreck discovered off the south coast of England, holding 400 gold coins, has finally been identified as the Dutch trading ship "Dom van Keulen," which left Morocco for the Netherlands in the autumn of 1633.
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