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18 August 2017 - 17H40
Bones, silver found in 18th-century Dutch wreck off UK
LONDON (AFP) -
Maritime archaeologists said Friday they have begun excavating the wreck of a Dutch ship that sank off the English coast in 1740, recovering leather shoes, silver and the bones of its lost crew.
The Rooswijk, a Dutch East India Company ship, was on its way to what is now Jakarta when it went down with around 300 people and a large cargo of silver ingots and coinage aboard.
http://www.france24.com/en/20170818-bones-silver-found-18th-century-dutch-wreck-off-uk