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## The Discovery That Shocked the World
On December 4, 1872, the British brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a vessel adrift between the Azores and the coast of Portugal. Its sails were partially set, but it moved erratically, as though no one was guiding it.
Suspicious, the captain of the Dei Gratia, David Morehouse, ordered a boarding party.
What they found would become the stuff of legend.
The ship was the Mary Celeste—and it was completely deserted.
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There were no crew members on deck. No passengers below. No signs of life anywhere.
Yet the ship itself told a different story.