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400 year old shipwreck found near Portugal

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Archaeologists have found 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Portugal, in what one specialist called the “discovery of a decade”.

Spices, ceramics and cannons engraved with Portugal’s coat of arms all lie around the wreck.

The team believe the ship was returning from India when it sank sometime between 1575 and 1625.

This was at the height of Portugal’s spice trade with Asia.

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