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Locals Thought These Shipwrecks Had Belonged to Pirates. They Turned Out to Be 300-Year-Old Danish Slave Ships
The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off ...
Haunting slave ships found off coast of national park 300 years later: 'Very convincing'
Divers recently identified two Danish slave ships, Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, during an excavation near ...
Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships
Marine archaeologists have discovered that two shipwrecks in Costa Rica that were previously believed to be pirate ships are ...
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Costa Rica’s 1710 Danish Shipwreck Redefines Slave Trade Narrative
supporting historical records of shipwrecks in the region. The timber originated from an oak tree felled between 1690 and 1695 in the western Baltic Sea, a region encompassing Denmark, northeastern ...
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Experts Retrieve 170-Year-Old Champagne From Baltic Shipwreck — Reveal Its Weird Taste
Analysis of the World’s Oldest Drinkable Champagne reveals the difference in production process and the effect of deep-sea ...
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Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships
Marine archaeologists have discovered that two shipwrecks in Costa Rica are the ... wrecks originated from the western part of the Baltic Sea, which encompasses Denmark, northeastern Germany ...
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Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships
(CNN) — Marine archaeologists have discovered that two shipwrecks in Costa Rica are the remains of ... wood from one of the wrecks originated from the western part of the Baltic Sea, which encompasses ...