Discovery of iron anchors raises hopes of finding Hernán Cortés's ships
by David Agren in Mexico City from Science | The Guardian on (#4WV6N)
Anchors were excavated from sediment in the Gulf of Mexico near the settlement the conquistador founded upon landing
Underwater archaeologists have found two iron anchors just offshore from the spot Hernin Corti(C)s first set foot in Mexico, raising hopes that the fleet which the conquistador scuttled in 1519 may soon be rediscovered.
The anchors were excavated from under a metre of sediment in the Gulf of Mexico near Villa Rica, the settlement Cortes founded upon landing 500 years ago in what is now the Mexican state of Veracruz.
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