By DONNA BRYSON Associated Press Writer JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - The ship was laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins _ and cannons to fend off pirates. But it had nothing to protect it from the fierce weather off a particularly bleak stretch of inhospitable African coast, and it sank 500 years ago. Now it has been found, stumbled upon by De Beers geologists prospecting for diamonds off . "If you're mining on the coast, sooner or later you'll find a wreck," archaeologist Dieter Noli said in an interview Thursday. Namdeb Diamond Corp., a joint venture of the...
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