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The Cirebon Wreck

10th century, found 2004, Java Sea, off Cirebon, Indonesia
RECOVERED
Evidence status: Historical tradition. no documented source (historical tradition); legal status unknown (manual verification recommended). This account is presented as historical tradition, not verified fact. Manual verification recommended. Repository evidence: 0 sources · 0 timeline events · 0 media items · legal unknown · view on the Map Evidence on file: historical tradition

The Cirebon Wreck: still unexplained.

Gold, gems, and a half million ceramics

The subject
The manifest
Gold, gems, and a half million ceramics
The account

A tenth-century ship found off Cirebon held one of the richest cargoes ever raised from Indonesian waters, gold, gems, and a half million pieces of porcelain.

How it was found
  • Indonesian fishermen kept snagging old porcelain in their nets off Cirebon, which led to the 2004 salvage of a 10th-century cargo of hundreds of thousands of artifacts.
What the record holds

What remains open

  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.
What we know, and what we don't
Established

No documentary claim is yet established. The account rests on tradition.

Still open
  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.
The evidence room

No documentary or visual exhibits have been located yet. The trail below and the open leads are where this dossier grows next — every exhibit that enters here carries a source.

Where the trail points now
  • Search Library of Congress + DPLA (IIIF) for period cartography of the site.
  • Run Chronicling America for dated newspaper mentions.
  • Query NARA for archival records tied to the site.

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