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Centuries-Old Maritime Mystery Solved as Famous Gold-Laden Shipwreck is Finally Identified
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After thirty years of careful study, historians and divers have successfully identified a 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Devon, England, as the Dutch merchant ship 'Dom van Keulen'. This breakthrough solves a long-standing historical puzzle and sheds new light on 17th-century trade routes between Morocco and the Netherlands.
After thirty years of careful study, historians and divers have successfully identified a 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Devon, England, as the Dutch merchant ship ‘Dom van Keulen’. This breakthrough solves a long-standing historical puzzle and sheds new light on 17th-century trade routes between Morocco and the Netherlands.