# Malaysia, as successor to the Malacca sultanate whose treasure the cargo was.

> Still possible: Malaysia, as successor to the Malacca sultanate whose treasure the cargo was.

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Answer · Flor de la Mar

# Malaysia, as successor to the Malacca sultanate whose treasure the cargo was.

Malaysia, as successor to the Malacca sultanate whose treasure the cargo was.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Malaysia's claim is recognised in any agreement on the cargo.

## What would rule it out

- No recognition of a successor-state claim to plundered cargo.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Malaysia maintains a replica-ship museum at Malacca and asserts the cargo as Malaccan heritage.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/evidence/EVD0D2BHQF07YGC/malaysia-maintains-a-replica-ship-museum-at-malacca-and)

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## The questions it answers

[Who would own the wreck if it were found?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/questions/QST0D2BHK2C1M60/who-would-own-the-wreck-if-it-were-found)

Part of [Where did the Flor de la Mar go down?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/questions/QST0D2BHJJR6EAM/where-did-the-flor-de-la-mar-go-down)

Most likelyPortugal, as flag state of a royal vessel, under the 2001 Convention's rules and sovereign immunity

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