Archaeologists shed light on the incredible identification of two slave ships of the 18th century Off the coast of Central America.
As previously reported by Fox News Digital, the ships named Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus have been sitting in shallow waters off the coast of Costa Rica’s Cahita National Park for over 300 years.
18th century ship It was a wreck in 1710, and archaeologists recently discovered that ships were used for a long time as they were used to transport slaves.
Now, in a statement to Fox News Digital at the Danish National Archaeologist David John Gregory National Museum, the two ships were carrying between 600 and 700 African slaves and about 100 crew members at the time of their sinking.
“When the ship was abandoned on the coast of what is now Costa Rica, almost every enslaved person was released on the forested coast, except for about 20 people on a small boat heading to Portobello in the nearby Spanish town,” he said.
Gregory added.[Fridericus Quartus] It was I’ll light it By that crew, the other Christian Quintis was released from its mooring and soon became stuck on the coast. ”
New details have been revealed about the two recently identified slave ships. (Jacob Oring;Ana Maria Arena Moreno)
Slaves – primarily of West African origin – have been assimilated or unfortunately recaptured by the community; East Carolina University.
Gregory also described his team’s excavations as “minimal,” saying he only searched about 21 square feet around the ship. “To get sample of the ship’s wood”
“Almost all of the slaves were released on forested shores.”
He said, “I never encountered any human remains. [or] You will be interrupted during the excavation process. ”
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Archaeologists discovered at the end of the 17th century that the wood came from northern Europe, and were able to date the ship thanks to arborist chronology techniques.
No human remains were found at the excavation site, said an archaeologist at the National Museum of Danish. (National Museum of Denmark)
“The wood comes from the western part of the Baltic Sea, a region that includes Mecklenburg in northeastern Germany, and is home to Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark and Scania.
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“And more, the wood is browned and siped, which confirms that historical sources are saying about one of the ships that are on fire.”
Experts have identified the wreck after testing the wood and then the clay bricks it carried. (John Fool Engedal Nissen / National Museum of Denmark)
Divers also discovered yellow clay brick and clay plumbing. All this suggests that the ship has Danish origins.
Gregory previously said in a statement that the findings were “completely compatible” with the ship’s historical account.
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“The analysis is very persuasive and there is no more doubt that these are the wrecks of two Danish slave ships,” the expert observed.
National Museum of Denmark Marine archaeologist Andreas Kalmeyer Bloch described the project as “the craziest archaeological excavation I have ever been.”
Researchers discovered that the yellow clay bricks from the wreck came from Denmark. (Jacob Oring, National Museum of Denmark)
“Not only is it very important to the locals, but it’s one of the most dramatic shipwrecks Denmark history, And now we know exactly where it happened,” he said.
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“This offers two pieces that are missing from Danish history.”
