Colombia will try to raise objects from a 1708 shipwreck believed to have a cargo worth billions
Colombia will try to raise objects from a 1708 shipwreck believed to have a cargo worth billions
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/colombia-raise-objects-1708-shipwreck-believed-cargo-worth-105848450
The Colombian government says it will try to raise objects from the 1708 shipwreck of the galleon San Jose, which is believed to contain a cargo worth billions of dollars
I mean. It’s not doing anyone any good just sitting there rotting away. If I had the chance to recover it, I’m not sure I’d really be swayed by its archaeological significance. It’s 300 years old. Not 3,000. Idk. Am I an asshole?
On the one hand, just because it's "only" 300 years old doesn't mean it's not significant.
On the other hand, consider where the stuff came from, and where it was headed. I'm a lot less inclined to be respectful toward colonial shit.
This is heresay and supposition but... I suspect the Columbian government is trying to figure out how to secure the value represented by the find, and the archaeological angle is one way to do that.
I don't know anything about Columbia but I assume there's some corrupt government officials there somewhere. Billions might not be a lot when talking about a country's budget, but this isn't part of their budget. Any gold that makes its way into someone's pocket is fair game.
Again supposition but... I wonder whether Spain would have any claim on it if it wasn't considered archaeologically significant.
If we all shared that same thought process and followed through, then nothing would become 3,000 years old. That's a bit of a downside, albeit less than likely.
But the ship is believed to hold 11 million gold and silver coins, emeralds and other precious cargo from Spanish-controlled colonies, which could be worth billions of dollars if ever recovered.
Fucking dumbass.
Come on man if you're gonna say something stupid at least don't make it about something answered very clearly in the article
The article says billions of dollars, so I guess it's compared to American dollars (USD). Whether or not it's truly worth billions of said dollars is a different matter