Shipwreck Filled With Treasure and Elephant Tusks Sheds Light on 16th-Century Ivory Trade

A trove of elephant tusks found in the cargo hold of an old Portuguese shipwreck is yielding new insights into the 16th-century ivory trade and lost African elephants.

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Source: https://gizmodo.com/shipwreck-filled-with-treasure-and-elephant-tusks-sheds-1845902521
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The Article Was Written/Published By: George Dvorsky

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