The Colombian press and the San José galleon: A political and legal interest but not numismatic

This article presents the low interest of the Colombian press in the light of numismatic heritage found in 2015 in the wreck of the San José galleon, warship sunk in Barú (near Cartagena de Indias) in 1708. The opinions of the Kingdom of Spain about its supposed legal rights as the owner of the coin...

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Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Repositorio:
Repositorio Institucional UTB
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.utb.edu.co:20.500.12585/8894
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12585/8894
Palabra clave:
Antiques
Coins
Cultural heritage
Treasure
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restrictedAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:This article presents the low interest of the Colombian press in the light of numismatic heritage found in 2015 in the wreck of the San José galleon, warship sunk in Barú (near Cartagena de Indias) in 1708. The opinions of the Kingdom of Spain about its supposed legal rights as the owner of the coins the ship was transporting has given rise to an exacerbated chauvinism and agitated the flag of anti-Spanish in several Colombian newspapers, a situation that fortunately seems already overcome. © 2018 Ediciones Hecate. All rights reserved.