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Remains of the Spanish Invasion: 500-year-old anchors were discovered off the coast of Mexico - Walla! news

2019-12-19T21:08:01.538Z


Scuba divers located anchors of depths of between 10 and 15 meters, to the shores of a city occupied by the 16th-century Aztec Empire. Archaeologists hope the discovery will lead to the discovery of objects ...


Remains of the Spanish invasion: 500-year-old anchors were discovered off the coast of Mexico

Scuba divers located anchors of depths of between 10 and 15 meters, to the shores of a city occupied by the 16th-century Aztec Empire. Archaeologists hope the discovery will lead to the discovery of other marine objects that will illustrate the history of Spanish invasion. "A crucial event in human history"

Remains of the Spanish invasion: 500-year-old anchors were discovered off the coast of Mexico

Photo: Reuters, Edit: Shaul Adam

Anchors of 500-year-old iron ships were discovered off the coast of Mexico Bay and may provide insights into the Spanish invasion. Archaeologists estimate that they may have belonged to the fleet led by Spanish Hernan Cortes, who conquered the Aztec empire in the 16th century. Last year, another anchor was discovered in the area, which contained a tree derived from a Spanish tree. The three of them were found on the beach north of the port city of Veracruz.

Instead, formerly called Via Rica, the Cortes fleet landed in 1519. It became a bustling port city after the Spanish Empire conquered the Aztec Empire in 1521. Divers located the anchors at a depth of ten to 15 feet, under a thick layer of sand.

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500 years old. Ship anchors found off the coast of Mexico (Photo: Reuters)

Ship anchors of the Spanish Empire found off the coast of Mexico, December 16, 2019 (Photo: Reuters)

Archaeologists hope the latest discovery will lead to the discovery of other marine objects that can illustrate the history of the Spanish invasion. In addition, 15 additional sites were identified where anchors of the period may be buried.

"The conquest of Mexico has been a crucial event in human history, and these wrecks, if we can find them, will be symbols of the cultural clash that led to what the West today is," said marine archaeologist Frederick Henselman. Cortes is believed to have destroyed the ships - whether through fire, deliberate stamping or boarding - to prevent his men from abandoning the voyage.

Earlier this year, Mexico's President Manuel Manuel Lopez Overdour asked Spain to apologize to the natives in his country for the invasion.

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Illustrate Spanish Invasion History. One of the anchors found off the coast of Mexico

Ship anchors of the Spanish Empire found off the coast of Mexico, December 16, 2019 (Photo: Reuters)

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