A recent news article in the Indonewyork website, we could come across a nerve wrecking incident that is associated with shipping. Yes it date backs to May 25, 1720 and it is the day a merchant ship that relates the plague to Marseille.
What happened?Because only a handful of ship-owners refuses to lose a cargo of precious fabrics, 100 000 Marseille and Provence are washed out by the bubonic plague. More than 40 000 deaths in the phocean city.
When does the tragedy start?One-third of the...
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