But consider this: A 16th-century Portuguese trading vessel ... It is easy to envision what might have happened next: The storm-battered ship was caught up in the powerful winds and currents ...

The Bom Jesus (The Good Jesus), a Portuguese ship, set sail for India from Lisbon on 7 March, 1533, when it got caught up in a devastating storm. The vessel, which was laden with treasures ...

A few years ago, archaeologists in Namibia discovered a 500-year-old Portuguese shipwreck from the 16th century—with real treasure still on board ...

The 500-year-old wreckage of a Portuguese ship piloted by an ... debris found there came from the long-missing ship, one of two lost in the storm from da Gama's second voyage to India.

With no cargo, the ship was floating high in the water. The storm battered it until it cracked in half. Twenty-seven people perished, including the Minch family. The only survivor was wheelsman ...