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Archaeologists seek ships sunk in Peruvian battle 400 years ago  Monday, Jun 03, 2013 02:42 PM PDT LIMA (Reuters) - Two 400-year-old warships that sank in the Pacific Ocean after being attacked by a Dutch admiral and pirates may once again see land if researchers in Peru successfully raise them. Metal detectors and magnetometers and memoirs indicate the ships, part of a fleet that defended the Spanish crown when Peru was a colony, are some 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of the capital Lima, investigator and historian Jorge Ortiz said on Monday. ... Full Story

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