Colombia, the hunt for the 20 billion treasure of the galleon that sank 3 centuries ago begins. “On the seabed 11 million gold coins, emeralds and precious stones”

The Colombia has officially announced that in April it will start the extraction of the treasure still kept in the seabed by the legendary Spanish galleon Saint Joseph, sunk in 1708 by the English fleet near the Rosario Islandsoff the coast of Cartagena des Indias in the north-west of the Latin American country.

The value of the treasure of gold, stones (particularly emeralds) and precious objects, contained in the wreck of one of the largest vessels of the time, is estimated to be in the order of billions of euros.