Danish slave ships wrecked off the coast of Costa Rica, the museum confirms

Ship debris was confirmed in the eighteenth century off the coast of Costa Rica, which was previously believed to be piracy ships, two years away Danish SlaveThe Sunday Museum said.

“Investigations conducted on wood, bricks from goods and mud tubes present during underwater fossils,” identified two ships in 1710, Denmark National Museum He said in a statement.

The museum said, according to the historical sources, the museum said that marine archaeologists have identified the slavesus quartus and Christianus quintus, which, according to historical sources, were destroyed from the Central American coast in 1710. The museum also released pictures of Andreas Calmeir Bluch and David Gregory dug underwater and dig brick and wood from Drink.

Friedicus Quartus was shot, while Christianus Quintus was destroyed in the waves after cutting the anchor line. So far, it was not exactly the place where the ships were lost.

The museum added that in Costa Rica, it was long known that you were present in the waters of the Kahwita National Park.

“For many years, they were believed to be piracy ships. But when American marine archaeologists found in 2015 that yellow bricks in a debris appeared new questions about the history of ships,” the museum said.

Underwater excavation was implemented in 2023. It was part of the new research center of the National Museum, We areThe museum said that he plans to dig many Danish ships abroad.

“The analyzes are very convincing and we no longer have any doubts that these are the debris of the Danish slave,” Gregory, a professor of research at the National Museum of Denmark, said in the statement.

Gregory added: “Danish bricks and the same applies to the wood, which is detailed and charred in addition to a fire. This is perfectly proportional to historical accounts that one of the burning ships.”

Fellow of the marine archeology of Balochand Who is also the museum coordinatorand It is undoubtedly called the most crazy archaeological excavation that I was part of.

The marine archeology said: “Not only because it comes to a great extent for the local population, but also because it is one of the most exciting wreckage in the history of Denmark, and now we know exactly where it happened.”

The Danish government banned the Atlantic slave trade in 1792, but the country did not cancel slavery until half a century in 1847, according to the museum.