Santo Domingo.– A research team has discovered off Nagua, a city in the northeastern Dominican Republic, a galleon ship from Spain that sunk at the end of the 17th century.

The research team is headed by Penny Stock Chaser of Marine Exploration, a US company specialized in underwater archaeological exploration and which was contracted by the Underwater Heritage office to trace the galleon's origin.

According to historians, the shipwreck occurred in the Atlantic Ocean near the estuary of the Boba River in the northeastern Dominican province of Maria Trinidad Sanchez between 1690 and 1700, and the recovery of the first object, a bell, took place in 1983 when Burt Webber, director of operations for the same company, was exploring the area.

In addition to the vessel, which bears the words Soli Deo Gloria, the divers have also discovered navigation compasses and tools used for measuring the water’s depth, together with silver coins, a pistol, sword-sheaths and other wartime implements, as well as ornaments and jewellery, including a ring with eight diamonds embedded into it.