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Bad weather led Dutch East India Company ship into Western Australian coast, archaeologists find
The Dutch East India Company ship, the Zuytdorp, likely crashed into the shore of Western Australia in 1712 due to a storm and not bad navigation, new research has found. In an article published ...
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Historic shipwreck linked to poet William Wordsworth's family gains protected status
The Earl of Abergavenny merchant sailing ship sank off the coast of Weymouth in Dorset in 1805 with the loss of over 200 people. The East India Company ship was captained by John Wordsworth ...