Explorers claim a 500 year old ship wreck off the coast of Haiti is definitively the famed Santa Maria ship that Christopher Columbus set sail in to explore the “New World”. The existence of an encampment attributed to Columbus near by, the size and location of the wreck, and stones found at the wreck matching those from a Spanish quarry used as ballasts on his ships, all support the claim. http://www.smh.com.au/world/christopher-columbus-longlost-ship-santa-maria-found-explorers-say-20140514-zrbzj.html
Explorers claim Columbus’ ship found
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