European significance: network of 30 public dive sites centred on a range of shipwrecks dating between the 15th and 20th centuries, the Azores archipelago was of strategic importance for the transatlantic voyages, the 30 shipwrecks in the application are connected to different aspects of European history and trade (Silver Route to South America, the transatlantic slave trade, military conflicts such as the American War of Independence and both World Wars, emigration ships from Europe to America, and exploration expeditions such as the famous Beagle voyage), bears witness to the role of the Azores in European history as "the world's bottleneck" for transcontinental sailing over many centuries, provide material evidence of the expansion of Europeans across oceans and the early starting points to globalisation, the shipwrecks are presented as time capsules of European history
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