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Tom Metcalfe

300-year-old pirate-plundered shipwreck that once held 'eyewatering treasure' discovered off Madagascar

The archaeological investigations have revealed wooden frames from the hull of Nossa Senhora do Cabo among the ballast stones. (Image credit: Center for Historic Shipwreck Preservation)

Archaeologists say they've found the submerged wreck of a sailing ship captured in 1721 near Madagascar, during one of history's most infamous pirate raids.

The American researchers, from the Center for Historic Shipwreck Preservation, have investigated the wreck for 16 years and now think it's the remains of Nossa Senhora do Cabo, a Portuguese ship carrying cargo from India that was attacked and seized by pirates, among them the notorious pirate captain Olivier "The Buzzard" Levasseur.

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