Episode 3: Building

Into the Depths

National Geographic

Science, History

4.6 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts witnesses a new type of maritime archaeology under way in Costa Rica, one with a community at its center and young people in the lead. As Tara meets journalist María Suárez Toro and her band of divers, she sees the power of a society shaping its own history. She also hears the tale of rebellions aboard the Danish ships Fredericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus. Tara dives to a wreck site thought to be the resting place for the ships and has a firsthand view of artifacts on the ocean floor. She and fellow Explorer Alyea Pierce try to picture a female-led insurrection on one of the ships. Want more? Check out our Into the Depths hub to learn more about Tara’s journey following Black scuba divers, find previous Nat Geo coverage on the search for slave shipwrecks, and read the March cover story. And download a tool kit for hosting an Into the Depths listening party to spark conversation and journey deeper into the material. Also explore: Find out more about Ambassadors of the Sea and the community underwater archaeology efforts underway in Costa Rica. Check out the work of National Geographic Explorer Justin Dunnavant, and his work with other Black archaeologists in Estate Little Princess, a former sugar cane and rum plantation on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Find out more information about Diving With a Purpose and its work training adults and youth in maritime archaeology and ocean conservation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tara, come to Costa Rica, please.
0:08.0	I got a call from Maria Suarez Toro, who runs an organization called Ambassadors of the Sea.
0:17.0	Her group collaborates often with diving with a purpose. She's 73 years young and a firecracker.
0:24.6	People call us recreational divers, and we are recreational. We are recreating diving.
0:32.6	Maria wanted me to come and see the work her group was doing around two Danish ships,
0:39.3	the Fredericas Quartis and the Christianus Quintus,
0:43.3	ships that it carried captive Africans and were believed to have wrecked in a nearby harbor.
0:49.3	And to witness a new type of maritime archaeology emerging,
0:53.3	one with the community at the center and young people in the lead.
0:58.4	We are recreating the history of Costa Rica. We are recreating the way that the kids relate to the ocean.
1:04.7	We are recreating.
1:07.6	I knew I needed to come. I came here about 15 years ago and fell in love with the place. I almost bought
1:17.2	land. I was so enchanted. I saw myself living in a bungalow by the shore. In this episode,
1:25.4	I meet Maria and her kids.
1:32.8	I see just how much can change when a community has the power to shape its own history.
1:42.7	I also hear an exciting story of a ship rebellion, one of the three to 400 rebellions that we know happened during the Middle Passage.
1:47.6	And I fall in love with Costa Rica all over again.
1:53.3	I'm Tara Roberts, and this is episode three of Into the Depths.
1:54.6	Stick with us. Maria and the community have been trying to identify the Christianus Quintus and the
2:08.6	Fredericas Quartis, two Danish ships that were thought to have wrecked off the coast of Coetta Point in the Coedda National Park.
2:16.6	Two ships whose fates were shrouded in drama. the coast of Coetta Point in the Coedin National Park.
2:25.3	Two ships whose fates were shrouded in drama were talking storms, misnavigation, starvation,
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