The Forgotten Plague Ship: The Mary Celeste and History’s Most Baffling Maritime Abandonment
On December 4, 1872, the crew of the British brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a vessel adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, sailing erratically between Portugal and the Azores. As they drew closer, Captain David Morehouse recognized the ship—it was the Mary Celeste, departed from New York just weeks earlier under the command of his old friend, … Read more