Shipwreck excavations off Kent coast shed new light on voyagers´ untold stories
(World News UK)

A shipwreck that has laid off the Kent coast for more than 250 years is helping shed new light on international trade on the high seas, including the lucrative and endemic smuggling that went with it. The Dutch East India Company vessel Rooswijk sank on the treacherous Goodwin Sands in 1740, with the loss of an estimated 250 lives, just a day after leaving the Netherlands bound for what is now Jakarta in Indonesia. She was packed with an official cargo of silver bullion and coins with which to buy...