Secrets Unearthed: Legendary Pirate Treasure Shipwreck Discovered Off Madagascar’s Coast
From that point on, researchers aren’t entirely sure what happened to the Nossa Senhora do Cabo. The ship was seemingly scuttled near Madagascar, though not before it was commandeered and renamed Victorieux by Levasseur, who used it for a time as a pirate ship.
As such, the discovery of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo seems to have solved a centuries-old mystery about the lost ship. After being damaged in a storm and taken by pirates, the Portuguese treasure ship was ultimately abandoned. It’s spent the last three hundred years hidden in the deep, its remaining treasures scattered across the ocean floor.
After reading about the discovery of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo shipwreck, discover the stories of other famous shipwrecks from around the world. Or, learn about the Wager mutiny, when the crew of the HMS Wager was stranded on a remote island — and forced to turn to cannibalism.
