Spanish Navy finds 100 shipwrecks in hunt for treasure
7th October 2010
Two minesweepers and other vessels, on a mission to protect the country’s historical heritage from private salvagers, located the sites in Atlantic waters off the southwestern city of Cadiz as part of a campaign that began Sept. 8 and is due to last two months, the Culture Ministry said.
Spain wants to avoid a repeat of a saga that began in 2007 when Tampa, a Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration, found a sunken Spanish galleon and salvaged from it an estimated $500 million in silver coins and other artifacts.
October 7th, 2010 at 11:37
Government: “How dare you steal money that we stole first!”
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