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quarantine history
Quarantine Stations and Lazarettos: How Ports Managed Disease Without Germ Theory
A ship appears beyond the harbor wall, but nobody rushes to unload it. Befo…
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sailing tools
Navigation by Soundings: How Sailors Used Lead Lines Before Reliable Charts
The sea did not come with street signs, and for centuries sailors had to re…
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