Pictures The Diamond Shipwreck - A 16th-century vessel carrying a fortune in gold (16 pics)

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In 1533, a Portuguese trading ship carrying a fortune in gold and ivory was swept ashore and wrecked by a winter storm. It was only found last year on a beach in southern Namibia.
Ironically, the ship, believed to be the nau Bom Jesus, wrecked on a beach rich with diamonds and named ‘Sperrgebiet’ which means "forbidden zone" in German.

The Diamond Shipwreck - A 16th-century vessel carrying a fortune in gold (16 pics)
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