Two shipwrecks in Cahuita National Park identified

The National Museum of Denmark has confirmed that two 18th-century shipwrecks in Cahuita National Park, long thought to be pirate ships, are the Danish slave ships Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, which sank in 1710. The identification resolves decades of speculation about the wrecks off Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast.

Se ha confirmado que dos pecios del Parque Nacional de Cahuita son barcos daneses de esclavos de 1710.

May 9 2025 View story on Tico Times

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