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Crew members of a ship which sank off the Kent coast more than 275 years ago have been identified.
Researchers used archive documents to name 19 of the 237 shipmen who were on board the Dutch ship the Rooswijk.
Among them were a senior surgeon, a 19-year-old on his first voyage and a sailor who had previously survived a shipwreck.
The vessel, which was carrying coins and silver ingots, sank on Goodwin Sandsin January 1740.
More than a thousand vessels are known to have been wrecked on the notorious sandbanks, dubbed "the great ship swallower"...
Some coins had holes deliberately made in them - an indication the crew sewed them into their clothes to smuggle to the Dutch East Indies...
Here is the link for the rest of that article.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-44925445
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Archeologists have unearthed more than 50,000 artifacts dating back more than three centuries on the quiet grounds of a former Catholic church, just west of Quebec City.
The site in L'Ancienne-Lorette, Que., has revealed itself to be a real treasure trove of discoveries, said lead archeologist Stéphane Noël.
"We really have close to 350 years of history on the site," said Noël, who is working as part of an archeologist workers' cooperative, GAIA, on the eight-week excavation.
And here is that link.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-44925445
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| Source: See CBC link below. |
Archeologists have unearthed more than 50,000 artifacts dating back more than three centuries on the quiet grounds of a former Catholic church, just west of Quebec City.
The site in L'Ancienne-Lorette, Que., has revealed itself to be a real treasure trove of discoveries, said lead archeologist Stéphane Noël.
"We really have close to 350 years of history on the site," said Noël, who is working as part of an archeologist workers' cooperative, GAIA, on the eight-week excavation.
And here is that link.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/archeology-dig-artifacts-quebec-city-huron-wendat-history-1.4764246
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Nothing significant in the Atlantic and no big change in beach conditions.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
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The 24th Sedwick treasure auction will be held Nov. 2-3, 2018 at the DoubleTree Suites Hotel at Disney Springs.
The day before there will be educational presentations by Barry Clifford on the Whydah, Dr. Kris Lane on the colonial history of the Andes, mining, piracy and trade, and Emilio Ortiz, professional numismatist, researcher and author.
You can consign now. They are interested in the following.
• Choice and important Spanish colonial cobs from Mexico, Lima and Potosí
• Collections of Latin American coins, particularly Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama and Peru
• Gold bars and artifacts from the Spanish Fleets of 1622 (Atocha and Santa Margarita) and 1715
• US coins and world paper money
• Choice and important Spanish colonial cobs from Mexico, Lima and Potosí
• Collections of Latin American coins, particularly Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama and Peru
• Gold bars and artifacts from the Spanish Fleets of 1622 (Atocha and Santa Margarita) and 1715
• US coins and world paper money
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Nothing significant in the Atlantic and no big change in beach conditions.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
