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Archaeologist sheds new light on astonishing discovery of wrecked slave ships: 'Stranded on the coast'
Archaeologist David John Gregory recently spoke with Fox News Digital about the haunting discovery of Danish two slave ships, ...
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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 ...
Danish ships involved in transatlantic slave trade uncovered off Costa Rica
Danish ships involved in transatlantic slave trade uncovered off Costa Rica - Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus sank ...
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Black Dandyism, the 2025 Met Gala's Theme, Has Its Roots in 18th-Century Painting
The much-anticipated Met Costume Institute exhibition, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," opens to the public May 10.
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18th Century Ships Compass
It also had a shipbuilding industry and for a short time held the record for the largest ship launched. The compass is a dry paper type mounted on a gimble for use on a ship. Captain Forrest could ...
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Divers Accidentally Discovered an 18th-Century Pirate Ship Loaded With Priceless Loot
guns, and muskets for its 20-person crew in the deep waters between Morocco and Spain. This heavily armed vessel serves as a testament to the ship's violent exploits in the 18th century.
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Danish slave ships wreckage found off coast of Costa Rica, museum confirms
Two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica, previously thought to have been pirate ships, have been confirmed to be two Danish slave ships, a museum said Sunday. "Investigations of ...
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18th Century Ships Compass
It also had a shipbuilding industry and for a short time held the record for the largest ship launched. The compass is a dry paper type mounted on a gimble for use on a ship. Captain Forrest could ...