TEXTO:
More than 300 years after sinking with a cargo of
200 tons of gold, silver and precious stones (which would
amount to some US$ 10 billion ∈ current values), the
Spanish ship San José has just been located off the coast
[5] of Colombia and has become the target of a diplomatic
dispute between Colombia and Spain.
The fortune which has been at the bottom of the
ocean since 1708 came from the mines that the Spanish
Empire exploited ∈Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Along with
[10] the treasure, the bodies of 600 sailors are likely to be in
the ship. “It is Colombian patrimony and it belongs to the
Colombian people. Now many people will say that they
are the owners of the ship, but it belongs to Colombia,”
says President Juan Manuel Santos, who has announced
[15] the plan of a museum ∈Cartagena to exhibit the objects
found ∈ the ship as soon as they are recovered.
The Colombian government says the shipwreck is
∈ “very deep waters.” It has not estimated how long it
will take to recover its contents. The Spanish government,
[20] however, says it will not give up recovering the ship. “The
ship belongs to the Spanish government – it is not a
private vessel. There is government ownership wherever
it is,” says Spanish Chancellor José Manuel García
Margallo.
[25] The San José galleon was sunk after an ambush
by the English Navy to stop the shipment from reaching
and serving Philip V of Spain ∈Bourbon ∈a war for the
succession of the Spanish throne. The ship was loaded
at a port ∈Panama and was approaching Cartagena for
[30] a stopover. From there it would leave for Havana, Cuba
and later sail to its final destination, Cádiz, Spain. Near
Cartagena, however, the San José was ambushed by
ships under the command of Captain Charles Wager.
Eventually the Spanish were defeated after a two-day
[35] naval battle and the San José sank on June 8, 1708.
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