Expedition begins on ‘holy grail’ of shipwrecks filled with millions of gold coins, emeralds worth $20B
A long-awaited expedition into an 18th-century shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea has reportedly begun. The government of Colombia launched the deep-water expedition of the San José shipwreck, which is rumored to contain cargo worth billions of dollars, last week. The galleon sank in 1708 en route to Cartagena, Colombia, after it was ambushed by an English squadron. Historians believe…