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What was lost with the ship?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by ·3 answers·0·0 following
Most likely: a selection of valuable objects and gifts (the bracelet, the bronze lions, Malacca palace goods) and a share…Ahead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

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Three answers have been proposed. A selection of valuable objects and gifts (the bracelet, the bronze lions, Malacca palace goods) and a share… leads, with evidence 1 for: partly supported by its tests. Two are still possible.

Why it matters

The "richest wreck in the world" label rests on no inventory. The chronicles name a few objects and the royal accounts of the Malacca expedition could bound the rest⁠[1].

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Evidence: 1 for
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None of these.
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Evidence: none yet
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Evidence: 1 for, 1 against
Disputed

History

  1. Albuquerque & Birch puts forward: a selection of valuable objects and gifts (the bracelet, the bronze lions, Malacca palace goods) and a share…
  2. Albuquerque & Birch: the chronicles say Albuquerque loaded the ship with the plunder of Malacca and gifts for the king.For: The bulk of the Malacca sultan's treasury, with gold, jewels and tribute, amounting to many tons of precious…
  3. Albuquerque & Birch: chapter XLIII of the Commentaries lists what was lost by naming objects (a bracelet, bronze lions) and what…For: A selection of valuable objects and gifts (the bracelet, the bronze lions, Malacca palace goods) and a share…
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