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  • Henry Morgan's 1671 ship hull and chests rediscovered

    08/07/2011 10:14:01 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 50 replies
    3 News (New Zealand) ^ | Friday, August 5, 2011 | 3 News / Reuters
    A group of US archaeologists may have uncovered a section of hull and coral-covered chests that privateer Henry Morgan lost during his 1671 raid of Panama. The team from Texas State University is led by underwater archaeologist Frederick Hanselmann. He led last year's discovery of cannons at the mouth of the Chagres River that may also have belonged to five ships Morgan is believed to have lost. The team have been working slowly to uncover the wreckage of the ship that has been buried in the sand. "When we get to an archaeological site, like a shipwreck that has a...