Qualla: Bom Jesus (ship) https://qualla.com/bom-jesus-ship en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:25 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/k/6/g/w/bom-jesus-ship-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Bom Jesus (ship) https://qualla.com/bom-jesus-ship Bom Jesus (ship): Introduction https://qualla.com/bom-jesus-ship/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. On April 1, 2008, a De Beers employee named Kaapanda Shadika was excavating an inshore area near Oranjemund when his equipment struck something unexpected: copper ingots, heavy and green with age, tangled with fragments of elephant ivory. What Shadika had found was not a geological deposit but a shipwreck, and not just any shipwreck. Archaeologist Dieter Noli, working as a contractor for De Beers, recognized the materials as centuries old and called in maritime archaeologist Bruno Werz. Together, they identified the remains of a Portuguese trading vessel that had vanished from history on a Friday afternoon in March 1533.

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/6/g/w/bom-jesus-ship-wp/k6gw-bom-jesus-ship-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Bom Jesus (ship): Bound for India, Lost at the Cape https://qualla.com/bom-jesus-ship/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Bom Jesus was a nau, a type of Portuguese carrack built for the long-distance trade routes that were the economic engine of Manuel I's empire. She sailed from Lisbon on March 7, 1533, part of the great commercial enterprise that funneled spices, textiles, and precious goods b...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/6/g/w/bom-jesus-ship-wp/k6gw-bom-jesus-ship-bound-for-india-lost-at-the-cape.mp3 0:06 2 full Bom Jesus (ship): A Storm off the Skeleton Coast https://qualla.com/bom-jesus-ship/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Bom Jesus never reached India. Somewhere along the Namibian coast, a storm drove the ship too close to shore. Her hull struck rock, and the impact breached the captain's quarters, sending the coin chest tumbling into the sea. As the vessel lurched toward the beach, its supers...

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