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The Search for the Atocha
She was a Spanish galleon loaded with New World gold, bound for home when she went down in shallow waters off Florida in 1622. For 363 years, her vast treasure lay on the ocean floor, [...]
The Black Death
Majestic feudal kingdoms were thriving in the mid-14th century, yet catastrophe loomed: in 1348 the Plague struck Europe. No one knew how or why, only that it was spreading-fast. Killing one third of Europe’s population [...]
