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What does 'half-decked' mean?
I'm reading Washington Irving's Life of Christopher Columbus, where he writes:
Two of them were light, half-decked caravels; the Santa Maria, on
which Columbus hoisted his flag, was completely ...
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How Many Surface Ships Have Reached the North Pole?
I realize that the nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika (Soviet Union) reached the north pole on August 17, 1977. However, I would like to know of any other ships that have also reached the North Pole.
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Castaways rescued by a message in a bottle?
Has there ever been a time when people were rescued by sending out a message in a bottle to drift across the sea?
The "bottle" doesn't have to be an actual bottle. It could be a box, a cask, a ...
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Was the Titanic tragedy at least partly avoidable?
Was there any way that Titanic's collision with the iceberg could have been avoided after the iceberg had been spotted? Could the ship have been saved from sinking by the pilot or captain after the ...
