The San José is a Spanish Galleon that sank off the coast of Cartagena in 1708, while trying to outrun the cannons of pursuing British warships. It was the flagship of a royal armada returning to King ...

Considered the world’s richest shipwreck, the San Jose was found off the coast of Colombia in 2015. New research into the gold coins now scattered on the ocean floor offered insights into the ...

The San José was sunk by British forces on June 8, 1708. In June 1708, the San José and a fleet of 17 other vessels departed the capital of Colombia for Europe laden with gold, silver, and uncut gems.

Recent news reports that the president of Colombia hopes soon to recover treasure from the San José treasure galleon have brought new attention to the much-disputed wreck, which is often described as ...

A Spanish galleon laden with gold that sank to the bottom of the Caribbean off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago was found three years ago with the help of an underwater autonomous vehicle ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. A decade ago, the Colombian government announced the discovery of what was ...

The San Jose was a marvel of 17th century technology. The Spanish galleon weighed more than a thousand tons, was made of wood reinforced with... The fight for a legendary shipwreck's treasure The San ...

A wealth of treasure onboard the “world’s richest shipwreck” is starting to be revealed. Marine archaeologists and the Colombian Navy have recently been studying the sunken remains of a ship that's ...

Off Colombia’s Caribbean coast, the discovery of the Spanish galleon San José in 2015 reignited the global debate over ...

Treasure hunters had searched for the ship for decades, described by some as the holy grail of shipwrecks CARTAGENA, Colombia: Colombia says it has found the shipwreck of a storied Spanish galleon ...

Crowds of people have flocked to Liverpool's waterfront to catch a glimpse of a replica 17th Century Spanish galleon. The Galeón Andalucia is a reproduction of the kind of vessel used for maritime ...