In the United States, treasure hunters have identified the wreckage of the Griffin ship, which disappeared almost 350 years ago in the Great Lakes, reports the Daily Express, RIA Novosti reports.

The vessel, built by the French explorer, to find routes to Asia, disappeared in 1679 while delivering a cargo of valuable furs across Lake Michigan. According to the Daily Express, the loss of the Griffin has become one of the most famous sea mysteries of America.

Two searchers managed to identify the previously found wreckage of the ship. They found that the wreckage found in Lake Michigan in previous years, including the bowsprit, belonged to the disappeared Griffin.