THE ZONG: A DARK CHAPTER IN MARITIME HISTORY

The Zong: A Dark Chapter in Maritime History

The story of the Zong sinks into the annals of maritime history as a chilling testament to human cruelty. In 1781, this British slave ship, laden with hundreds of captive Africans destined for the Caribbean, embarked on a gruesome voyage that would end in a tragedy of unspeakable proportions. Driven by avarice and indifference to human life, the cr

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Sputnik 1

On October 4th, 1957, the world saw a momentous event: the launch of this pioneering sphere. This man-created sphere became the first unmanned spacecraft to orbit the Earth. The achievement of the Soviet Union in putting into orbit Sputnik marked the start of the Space Age, galvanizing nations around the globe to pursue their own space exploration.

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