Following the Colombian government’s decision to raise the ship San Jose, which sank 300 years ago, US media reported that there is about 32 billion dollars worth of loot waiting to be recovered at the bottom of the ocean and listed the hot spots on the radar of treasure hunters one by one.
The Colombian government’s decision to raise the ship San Jose, which sank 300 years ago, was one of the most talked about topics of the past week. The sunken ship from the 18th century, which contains jewelry and gold, is thought to contain an estimated $ 20 billion worth of treasure.
USA, COLOMBIA, SPAIN CLAIM RIGHTS
The loot inside the San José ship, which was sunk with 600 crew members during the War of Spanish Succession, is called ‘the greatest treasure in human history’, but it is still unclear to whom the treasure belongs…
The US company Glocca Morra announced in 1981 that it had found the lost treasure and handed over the coordinates to Colombia on condition that it would receive half of the treasure. When the Colombian government declared that it had full rights to the recovery, the matter went to court.
The US company demanded 10 billion dollars from the Colombian government, while Spain and the Qhara Qhara, the indigenous people of present-day Bolivia, also claimed the shipwreck, further complicating matters.
The US company Glocca Morra announced in 1981 that it had found the lost treasure and handed over the coordinates to Colombia on condition that it would receive half of the treasure. When the Colombian government declared that it had full rights to the recovery, the matter went to court.
The US company demanded 10 billion dollars from the Colombian government, while Spain and the Qhara Qhara, the indigenous people of present-day Bolivia, also claimed the shipwreck, further complicating matters.
TREASURE HUNTERS ON THE MOVE
While the Colombian government has been trying to recover the shipwreck despite controversy, treasure hunters around the world have been hunting for loot in the region.
From the Bahamas to Newport to Portugal, the NewYorkPost newspaper claimed that an estimated $32 billion worth of loot is waiting to be unearthed on the ocean floor and listed the hot spots on treasure hunters’ radar.
Titanic, the most famous of all sunken ships, is not on the hot list of undersea treasure hunters
1-FLOR DE LA MAR (SUNK IN 1511)
In 1511, a Portuguese warship returning from a military expedition to Malacca sank off the coast of Sumatra with the spoils of war as a result of a storm.
The gold and valuables inside the ship are thought to be worth 2.5 billion dollars.
2-LAS CİNQUE CHAGAS (SUNK IN 1594)
Las Cinque Chagas, another ship flying the Portuguese flag, was attacked by three British ships in the middle of the Atlantic.
After 3 days of fighting, the ship sank and is believed to have been loaded with diamonds, rubies, pearls and Portuguese coins worth more than 1 billion dollars.
3-NUESTRA SENORA DE LA MARAVİLLAS (SUNK 1656′)
The Spanish ship ‘Nuestra Senora de la Maravillas’, carrying booty from another sunken ship, the ‘Jesus Maria de la Limpia Concepción’, sank in the Bahama Channel when it lost direction and was jammed by a third boat.
Although the Spaniards salvaged an estimated half a billion dollars worth of silver, gold and jewelry from the ship, it was only a third of the treasure.
4-RMS REPUBLİC (SUNK IN 1909)
The luxury liner RMS Republic, which left New York for Gibraltar, collided with another ship full of migrants coming to the United States and sank.
Although almost all passengers on the RMS Republic were rescued, 45 tons of gold and millions of dollars worth of money ended up at the bottom of the Atlantic.
5- MERCHANT ROYAL (SUNK 1641)
The Merchant Royal sank on September 23, 1641, carrying a large amount of treasure when it was caught in a storm off the coast of England.
The wreckage of the ship, which was used to trade with the Spanish colonies, has not yet been located. The person who finds it will reach a treasure worth 1.25 billion dollars.
