On Monday, November 3 maritime archaeologist Kroum Batchvarov, head of the Rockley Bay Research Project, will be making a formal announcement of the discovery of a 17th-Century shipwreck in Tobago. The event will be held at the Explorers Club, 46 E 70th Street in New York City.
Batchvarov is assistant professor of maritime archaeology in the Department of Anthropology (CLAS). He is also an affiliated scholar of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. He has been leading a multi-phased investigation to find and study the remains of the vessels that were sunk in the 1677 Battle of Tobago, one of the fiercest actions fought in the Caribbean in the 17th century.
The noontime event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact: Sheila Foran, University Communications at 486-5385