Pirate shipwrecks off Costa Rica, long shrouded in mystery, have been revealed to hide a dramatic 1710 maritime story lost to ...

Two shipwrecks in Costa Rica were long thought to be sunken pirate ships. New research shows they were actually Danish slave ships. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with archaeologist Andreas Bloch.

History never ceases to surprise us with recent discoveries, as has happened in Costa Rica, as several scientific analyses have confirmed that the wooden ships shipwrecked off its ...

RASCOE: Do we know if there are any descendants from the ship still living in Costa Rica? BLOCH: So there are people there who has a direct line. Also with the Danish sailors, there's also a ...

Two shipwrecks in Costa Rica were long thought to be sunken pirate ships. New research shows they were actually Danish slave ships. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with archaeologist Andreas Bloch.

RASCOE: Do we know if there are any descendants from the ship still living in Costa Rica? BLOCH: So there are people there who has a direct line. Also with the Danish sailors, there's also a direct ...