Two shipwrecks off Costa Rica were long thought to be the remains of pirate ships, but new analyses reveal that they were actually Danish ships that took part in the transatlantic slave trade.

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 ...

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

The wrecks had long been known to sit in shallow waters off Cahuita National Park, on Costa Rica’s southern ... these are the wrecks of the two Danish slave ships,” said marine archaeologist ...

Two shipwrecks in Costa Rica were long thought to be sunken pirate ships. New research shows they were actually Danish slave ships. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with archaeologist Andreas Bloch.

CAHUITA NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA—Two shipwrecks located in the ... a new investigation revealed them to be the remains of two former Danish slave ships that dramatically sank more than 300 ...

An expedition of marine archaeologists from Denmark has unraveled the mystery surrounding two shipwrecks lying in the shallow waters of Cahuita National Park, on the Caribbean coast of Costa ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a pair of Danish slave ships that sank off the Central American coast ... bricks taken from the shipwrecks during an underwater excavation off Costa Rica in 2023, and ...

Archaeologists are shedding light on the astonishing identification of two 18th-century slave ships ... "When the ships were abandoned on the coast of present-day Costa Rica, almost all of the ...

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 bricks are Danish and same ... stating that one of the ships was burnt.” Marine archeologist Andreas Kallmeyer Bloch documents underwater excavations in Costa Rica (John Fhær Engedal ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a pair of Danish ... off Costa Rica in 2023, and assessed samples, including clay pipes, from their cargo. The analysis revealed that the ships were most likely ...