Shipwrecks
The Esmeralda
Sank 1503 · off Al Hallaniyah, Oman
FoundThe prize. The oldest Age of Discovery wreck
Where. off Al Hallaniyah, Oman
Status. Found
Where. off Al Hallaniyah, Oman
Status. Found
The account
A ship of Vasco da Gama's fleet wrecked off Oman in 1503 and was found in our own time, the earliest ship of the European Age of Discovery ever recovered.
Leads, where the trail points now
- A ship of Vasco da Gama's 1502 fleet, wrecked off Al Hallaniyah, Oman, and excavated from 2013 to 2016, the earliest ship of the European Age of Discovery ever found.
- It is a permitted archaeological site; finds like a rare silver coin and a ship's bell confirmed the identification.
- The lead for the region is that other ships of da Gama's fleet may lie in the same Omani waters.
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