Archaeologists Uncover 300-Year-Old Shipwreck That Changed Texas' History

'The Salvagemasters', Season 2, Episode 4: In 1686, a 58-foot French ship named La Belle sank off the coast of Texas, carrying a secret mission to seize territory from the Spanish. Three centuries later, archaeologists undertook an $18 million rescue operation—the most complex scientific salvage in...

44 min - Oceans - Wonder

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