Shipwrecks
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Sank 1533 · found 2008 · Namib Desert coast, near Oranjemund, Namibia
RecoveredThe prize. ~2,000 gold coins, copper & ivory
Where. Namib Desert coast, near Oranjemund, Namibia
Status. Recovered
Where. Namib Desert coast, near Oranjemund, Namibia
Status. Recovered
The account
A Portuguese trader bound for India, lost in a 1533 storm, and found in 2008 when diamond miners drained a lagoon in the Namibian desert. The oldest and richest shipwreck ever found off sub-Saharan Africa, astonishingly preserved by the sand.
Leads, where the trail points now
- A Portuguese ship that vanished in 1533 was found in 2008 by diamond miners draining a lagoon at Oranjemund, Namibia, the oldest known wreck off sub-Saharan Africa, with thousands of gold coins.
- It was found on dry land, behind a sea wall inside a working diamond mine; the treasure went to the Namibian state.
- The lead is that the De Beers mining coast may hide other lost Portuguese and Dutch wrecks under the sand.
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