Divers believe they may have found the 500-year-old remains of one of Christopher Columbus’s ships which took part in his famous voyage to the New World.<br /><br />A team of investigators backed by the History Channel has discovered a shipwreck off the coast of Haiti and suspect it could be that of the Santa Maria.<br /><br />The ship was one of three vessels which left Spain in 1492 looking for a shorter route to Asia. However after arriving near the Bahamas, it drifted onto a reef and had to be abandoned.<br /><br />A cannon from the wreck was originally found in 2003 but miss-dated by scientists. Further research now points to it and other objects as coming from the time of Columbus.<br /><br />Marine investigators now hope to convince other experts of their historic find.
