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Se descubre un buque naufragado de Vasco da Gama
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Mar 15, 2016, 05:00 ET

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Divers excavating the wreck site (PRNewsFoto/Oman's Ministry of Heritage) (PRNewsFoto/Oman's Ministry of Heritage)

MUSCAT, Omán y LONDRES, March 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

El barco portugués hundido en una isla remota del Sultanato de Omán en el año 1503 es el descubrimiento de embarcación primario encontrado e investigado científicamente por los arqueólogos 

El Ministerio de Herencia y Cultura (MHC) de Omán, en cooperación con Blue Water Recoveries Ltd (BWR), de West Sussex, Reino Unido, anuncian el descubrimiento y excavación arqueológica de un East Indiaman portugués que fue parte de la Armada a la India de Vasco da Gama entre los años 1502 y 1503. El barco, que se hundió en una tormenta en mayo de 1503 en la costa de la isla Al Hallaniyah, en la región Dhofar de Omán, es el descubrimiento de embarcación primario desde la Era del Descubrimiento de Europa jamás encontrado y científicamente investigado por medio de un equipo de arqueólogos y otros expertos.

     (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160311/343235 )

     (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160311/343236 )

Los detalles del sitio del hundimiento, publicados hoy por medio del International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, revelan que la embarcación se cree que es el nau Esmeralda capitaneado por Vicente Sodré, tío materno de Vasco da Gama y un descendiente del noble Frederick Sudley de Gloucestshire, Reino Unido. Hoy también se ha puesto en marcha una página web con imágenes de alta resolución y un video de la excavación: (http://esmeraldashipwreck.com )

El sitio del hundimiento se descubrió inicialmente por medio de BWR en el año 1998, en el 500 aniversario del descubrimiento épico de Vasco da Gama de la ruta marítima directa hasta la India, pero la encuesta arqueológica a nivel completo y excavación por medio de MHC no comenzó hasta el año 2013. Desde entonces se han llevado a cabo dos excavaciones más en 2014 y en 2015, con más de 2.800 utensilios recuperados. El proyecto se ha gestionado de forma conjunta por medio de MHC y de David L. Mearns de BWR, llevándose a cabo en estricta cumplimentación de la UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage of 2001.

Los principales utensilios que ayudaron en la identificación del sitio del hundimiento de la nau Esmeralda de Vicente Sodré incluyen:

  • Un disco importante de cobre y aluminio marcado con un escudo de armas real de Portugal y una esfera armilar (esfera armilar) - un emblema personal de Dom Manuel I.
  • Una campana de bronce con una inscripción que sugiere que la fecha del barco es 1498.
  • Una moneda de oro cruzado acuñada en Lisboa entre 1495 y 1501.
  • Una moneda de plata extraordinaria poco habitual, llamada Indio, comisionada por Dom Manuel en 1499 específicamente para comerciar con la India. La rareza extrema del Indio (solo se conoce otro ejemplo más en el mundo) es tal que cuenta con una categoría de legendaria como la moneda 'perdida' o 'fantasma' de Dom Manuel.

Su Excelencia Hassan Al Lawati, Asesor del Ministro de Asuntos de Herencia, comentó: "Este proyecto está considerado como el primero realizado en Omán y en la región en relación a la arqueología submarina. Así, el ministerio ha llevado a cabo una aproximación proactiva para asegurar que el proyecto se lleva a cabo de forma eficaz. Esto se realizó implicando la experiencia en arqueología submarina y trabajando por medio de la normativa internacional, como la convención de la UNESCO de 2001. Apreciamos los esfuerzos conjuntos de las entidades locales e internacionales y los institutos que han hecho de este proyecto un éxito enorme".

"Este proyecto difiere de la mayoría de los proyectos de arqueología marina en que establecimos descubrir de forma específica el lugar del hundimiento de los barcos Sodré, usando una encuesta y otras cuentas históricas, ya que se trata de una era muy primaria y contando además con el potencial en relación a los nuevos descubrimientos. Es muy gratificante que esta estrategia haya rendido sus frutos con revelaciones interesantes a pesar de que seguimos en una fase muy primaria del estudio del montaje de utensilios", declaró el director del proyecto, David L. Mearns.

La prensa registrada puede descargar imágenes de alta resolución y videos en: http://esmeraldashipwreck.com/press/ 

Blue Water Recoveries Ltd
David L. Mearns
Teléfono: +44-(0)1730-858-114
Móvil: +44-(0)7785-306-707
E-mail: [email protected]

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