“We are still awaiting the final report, but so far what we have seen … tends to lead us to think it is a later ship,” she said of the wreckage found by Barry Clifford in about 15 feet of water near the northern city of Cap-Haitien.
She said the wreckage identified by the U.S. explorer with great fanfare in May appeared to be from a 17th or 18th century ship.
Clifford, known for discovering a pirate ship off Cape Cod in 1984, stands by his belief that he found what’s left of the Santa Maria. He said in phone interview that he has heard the UNESCO report raises doubts about the claim but said the organization’s team of experts never consulted with him and did not even request his surveys and photos from the dive site. “I think it’s going to be highly, highly prejudiced,” he said.
Story: Pierre-Richard Luxama, Phys.org | Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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