"Recovery Approved: $17 Billion Treasure from 18th-Century Spanish Shipwreck Set to Begin"
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The Colombian government has approved a plan to recover the San Jose galleon, a 300-year-old sunken Spanish ship filled with billions of dollars worth of treasure, using robots to collect its gold, silver, and emeralds. The ship, owned by the Spanish Crown, sank near Cartagena in 1708 after being pursued by the British Navy. This discovery adds to recent findings of sunken treasures, including a 17th-century cannon off the English coast believed to be from the Merchant Royal, known as the "El Dorado of the seas."
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- ‘Holy grail of shipwrecks’: recovery of 18th-century Spanish ship could begin in April The Guardian
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