Two shipwrecks lying off the coast of Costa Rica for over 300 years have now been confirmed as 18th-century Danish slave ships, not pirate vessels as previously believed, the National Museum of Denmark has announced.
The two ships-Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus-were lost in 1710 during a failed transatlantic voyage.
For many years, their wrecks sat in shallow waters within Cahuita National Park, thought by locals and researchers to be remains of...