{{A US underwater investigator has said he believes he has found the wreck of the Santa Maria, the flagship of Christopher Columbus’s famed expedition.}}<\/p>\n
Barry Clifford said evidence “strongly suggests” a ruin off Haiti’s north coast is the Santa Maria.<\/p>\n
Mr Clifford’s team has measured and taken photos of the wreck.<\/p>\n
He says he is working with the Haitian government to protect the site for a more detailed investigation.<\/p>\n
The Santa Maria, along with the La Nina and La Pinta, were part of Columbus’s expedition in 1492, which explored islands in the Caribbean in an attempt to find a westward passage to Asia.<\/p>\n
The flagship was lost during the expedition, shortly before Columbus returned to Spain.<\/p>\n
“All the geographical, underwater topography and archaeological evidence strongly suggests that this wreck is Columbus’s famous flagship, the Santa Maria,” said Mr Clifford. <\/p>\n
“I am confident that a full excavation of the wreck will yield the first-ever detailed marine archaeological evidence of Columbus’ discovery of America,” he added.<\/p>\n
Mr Clifford said he identified the potential location of the Santa Maria through earlier archaeological findings that pinpointed a likely location for Columbus’s fort – a building that experts always thought was erected near to where the ship ran aground.<\/p>\n
He also used information from the explorer’s diary, and a recent diving mission near the site further burnished Mr Clifford’s belief the wreck was the Santa Maria. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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