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Once re-established in Java, the Dutch attempted to increase their influence and also to prevent the Balinese from plundering ships wrecked off the coast (the Balinese considered shipwrecks to be gifts from the deities of the seas, and felt it would be insulting to refuse them).
When it was built in 1864 it helped drastically reduce the number of shipping accidents and shipwrecks, but it was unpopular with the native people who relied on lucrative salvage activities to make a living.
The Spaniards never bothered to settle in the Bahamas, but the number of shipwrecks attest that their galleons frequently passed through the archipelago en route to and from the Caribbean, Florida, Bermuda, and their home ports.
Another attraction for members of the wet set is being able to investigate shipwrecks on the ocean bottom — well over 100 vessels are known to have sunk hereabouts since the days of the Spanish galleons.
You will also find displays of diving equipment used over the centuries to explore the shipwrecks that can be found all around the treacherous reefs off the coast here.