Season 3 · Episode 57
S3 Ep57: The Spanish Empire's shipwreck problem
December 4, 202024m 4s
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Show Notes
When the galleon San José sank in a typhoon in 1694, it was carrying a cargo worth 2% of the GDP of the entire Spanish empire. Fernando Arteaga, Desiree Desierto and Mark Koyama tell Tim Phillips about how bribes sank Spanish treasure ships.
Read the Vox column about Spanish shipwrecks.
Read the Vox column about Spanish shipwrecks.