Archaeologists recently made a startling discovery: They found that two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Central America were actually two Danish slave ships. The ships, named Fridericus ...

New research has indicated that two ships found in Costa Rica, once thought by archaeologists to be pirate ships, were ...

Thanks to the work of a team of young people from Limón, in partnership with the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and ...

Archaeologists are shedding light on the astonishing identification of two 18th-century slave ships off the coast of Central America. The ships, named Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus ...

“The analyses are very convincing and we no longer have any doubts that these are the wrecks of the two Danish slave ships,” said marine archaeologist David Gregory, a research professor and ...

In 1863, Smalls became captain of the Planter, the first Black man to command a United States vessel. He held this position ...

For years, many assumed that the shipwrecks in the shallow waters of Costa Rica’s Cahuita National Park were pirate ships. But a recent study has found that they were actually two Danish slave ...

Two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica, previously thought to have been pirate ships, have been confirmed to be two Danish slave ships, a museum said Sunday. "Investigations of ...

The dots—which represent individual slave ships—also correspond to the size of each voyage. The larger the dot, the more enslaved people on board. And if you pause the map and click on a dot ...

The state-owned traffic triangle at the intersection of America's Cup and Upper Thames Street is planned to house the ...

Archaeologists recently made a startling discovery: They found that two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Central America were actually two Danish slave ships. The ships, named Fridericus ...