Daily Mail News – Science
By ELLYN LAPOINTE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 19:13 EDT, 4 May 2025 | Updated: 19:16 EDT, 4 May 2025
Marine archaeologists have found a ‘yellow-brick road’ at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean that led them to the discovery of two long-lost Danish slave ships.
According to historical records, these ships, called Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, wrecked off the coast of Central America in 1710.
Fridericus Quartus was set on fire, while Christianus Quintus had its anchor rope cut and was destroyed in the surf. But for three centuries, no one knew exactly where the remains of these ships were.