Shipwreck found off Haiti Coast may be Christopher Columbus' flagship Santa Maria
Columbus Flagship Santa Maria - Shipwreck found in Haiti
The underwater explorer Barry Clifford CNN late Monday that he found the ship in the exact area where Columbus says the Santa Maria ran aground more than 500 years ago. The wreck is stuck on a reef off Haiti's northern coast, 10 to 15 feet beneath the water's surface.
According the a CNN article, If his claim is confirmed, it would go down as one of the most significant underwater archaeological discoveries in history.
This is BIG news for Haiti, for Barry Clifford and for archeology and Clifford is the first to admit it...
"It is the Mount Everest of shipwrecks for me," Clifford said. "This ship changed the course of human history."
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