Great Basses wreck

After being underwater for over 250 years, the silver rupees were concreted together by coral and calcium deposits in the water.

The Great Basses wreck is an early 18th-century shipwreck on Great Basses Reef, about 12 km off the south coast of Sri Lanka, discovered by Arthur C. Clarke and Mike Wilson in 1961. The ship, ultimately identified as belonging to the Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb, yielded fused bags of silver rupees, cannons, and other artifacts, carefully documented, became the basis for the book "The Treasure of the Great Reef".[1][2] [3]

A clump of rupees from the wreck was featured on the History Channel series Pawn Stars, in the January 25, 2010 episode "Shocking Chum".

References

  1. ↑ McAleer, Neil. "Arthur C. Clarke: The Authorized Biography, Contemporary Books, Chicago, 1992. ISBN 0-8092-3720-2
  2. ↑ Throckmorton, Peter (1964). "The Great Basses Wreck" (PDF). Expedition 6 (3, Spring): 21–31. ISSN 0014-4738. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Taj Mahal Treasure - The Discovery". Retrieved 2010-12-22.

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Coordinates: 06°10′50″N 81°28′50″E / 6.18056°N 81.48056°E