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    ship, the finding of the Mary Celeste. The ship was found with no passengers and no reason to be abandoned. These events eventually inspired a young writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to write a book about the Mary Celeste which leads rumors that lead into other myths. Also Scientist have found a very likely and plausible reason for the crew to leave. The Mary Celeste was most likely abandoned by choice. The Mary Celeste was an abandoned ship found off the coast of Spain. Mary was a one hundred feet

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    Mystery of The Mary Celeste What Happened to Her Crew The Mystery of the Mary Celeste has been talked about for centuries. Historical scholars have debated the events that lead to her crews’ mysterious disappearance. Many books both non-fiction and fiction have been written about her. Did an explosion caused by her precious cargo cause her crew to abandon ship? Was there a violent sea quake that made her immobile? Maybe the captain thought her hull was filling with water and sinking after days

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    mystery that is surrounded with controversy. What happened to The Mary Celeste? This historical mystery has many theories surrounding what happened to Captain Briggs and crew. Some more accurate than others like mother nature, criminal conspiracies and, an explosion. However, the most likely of all the theories is the alcohol explosion. The alcohol explosion is the most realistic scenario of what happened to The Mary Celeste. The Mary Celeste was carrying nine barrels of alcohol, which the barrels were

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    The nautical riddle of the Mary Celeste has been debated and studied by hundreds of people ever since its discovery in 1872. The Mary Celeste was found abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean, 400 miles east of the Azores Islands with the cargo and crew’s belongings left intact. Whether it was mutiny, piracy, or a false emergency, the case has remained largely unsolved. The Mary Celeste was an abandoned ship found off the coast of Portugal in the late 1800s, and investigators still struggle to come up with

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    After nursing her back to health, Robert Haines “transferred her from her Canadian to American registry” and gave her the now famous name Mary Celeste (Lyons 48). Haines sold the vessel to James Winchester, Benjamin Spooner Briggs (her new captain), and two others who shared ownership over the now American ship (Lyons 48). On November 7th, 1872, the Mary Celeste along with the Dei Gratia set sail from New York headed to Genoa, Italy carrying “1,701 oak barrels of non-drinkable alcohol for use in

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    The Mary Celeste There once was a ship called the Mary Celeste that had its own crew disappear six hundred miles from the shore of the nearest land. From what i know of there is only theories of what happened to it. I will explain some theories that i think really could have happened to the mary celeste. My first possibility to its disappearance is actually a combination of two theories it is that they found a sandbank and went to the sandbank to examine it and while they were gone pirates boarded

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    Acts of Man are the Last set of theories of the Bermuda Triangle. This includes deliberate acts of destruction, pirates, human error and there being no mystery at all. Deliberate acts of destruction can be in one of two categories which are acts of war or acts of piracy. This explanation for the Bermuda triangle doesn’t really include aircraft. Many sinking ships have been put in the acts of war, during war category though there is no solid proof. These are usually seen with submarine attacks. Acts

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    Mary Celeste was a ship that was intending to sail from New York City transporting alcohol in 1872. Eight days after the ship had sailed, there was no sign of it anywhere. The ships intended destination was in Italy. Soon the buyers in Italy realized the ship was missing they communicated with captains of ships to help search for Mary Celeste. British brig, Dei Gratia saw another boat adrift 400 miles away from the Azores Islands on December 5, 1872. Afterward, the crew boarded the ship, but there

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    The Mary Celeste is a ship that has been known to be lost at sea, and wasn’t able to arrive at its final destination. The Mary Celeste set off in November, 1872 with 10 passengers that included Captain Benjamin Briggs, his wife, their two-year old daughter, and seven other crew members. that from New York, to Genoa, Italy. It was founded on December 4, 1872 adrift in the Atlantic ocean with no passengers. Over the years of evidence and possibilities, people still have no definitive answer as to

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    The Mary Celeste was a ship built in 1861 (“Mary Celeste”). The first time the ship was launched in 1867, it went through a great deal of damage (“Mary Celeste”). For the next several years, the ship was being repaired (“Mary Celeste”). While the ship was under repair, the workers could have damaged the water pumps (“Abandoned Ship”). The ship was found abandoned near the Azores Islands by another ship called the Dei Gratia (“Mystery of the Mary Celeste”). The captain of the ship that found the

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