Great Basses wreck: Difference between revisions

The '''Great Basses wreck''' is an early 18th -century shipwreck on [[Great Basses Reef Lighthouse|Great Basses Reef]], about 12&nbsp;km off the south coast of Sri Lanka, discovered by Sir [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and Mike Wilson in 1961. The ship, ultimately identified as belonging to the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]], [[Aurangzeb]], yielded fused bags of silver [[rupee]]s, cannons, and other artifacts,. The discovery was carefully documented, and became the basis for Clarke's 1964 book ''The Treasure of the Great Reef''.<ref name="McAleer">McAleer, Neil. "''Arthur C. Clarke: The Authorized Biography'', Contemporary Books, Chicago, 1992. {{ISBN |0-8092-3720-2}}</ref><!-- pp. 93-100 --><ref>{{cite journal |last= Throckmorton |first= Peter |authorlinkauthor-link= Peter Throckmorton |year= 1964 |title= The Great Basses Wreck |journal= Expedition |volume= 6 |issue= 3, Spring |pages= 21–31 |issn= 0014-4738 |url= http://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/6-3/The%20Great.pdf |format= PDF |accessdateaccess-date= February 3, 2010}}</ref><ref name|archive-date="discovery">{{cite web23 February 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110223192746/http://www.tajmahalsunkentreasurepenn.commuseum/discoverydocuments/publications/expedition/PDFs/6-3/The%20Great.htmpdf |titleurl-status=Taj Mahaldead Treasure - The Discovery |accessdate=2010-12-22}}</ref>

A clump of rupees from the wreck was featured on the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]] series ''[[Pawn Stars]]'', in the Januaryepisode 25,"[[List 2010of episodePawn "Stars episodes#ep28|Shocking Chum]]" (this segment was shown again in "[[List of Pawn Stars episodes#ep402|Greatest Gambles]]").

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