12. The Thuận Ship
Value as of right now: unknown
Years Disappeared: 1608; Found: 2001
The Bình Thuận Ship wreckage can be traced back to the 1600s Maritime Silk Route, when a number of ships met their fate in the sea. Local fishermen found this debris after they inadvertently tangled their net in its remains.
Ship Bình Thuận /elevenmyanmar.com
Between 2001 and 2002, more than sixty thousand priceless objects, mostly made of colorful porcelain and ceramics, were unearthed from the ship. The artifacts discovered in these remains were compared by scientists to those discovered on board the Dutch ship Witte Leeuw, which sank in 1613 while carrying trade goods from Asia. Therefore, it’s possible that the ship was transporting these ceramics for export to the subcontinent’s East India Company.
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