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ourflagmeansgay2022-05-25 09:13 pm
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So how long DO books survive underwater?
Going down my usual rabbit hole of internet research, I was thinking about Stede's books being thrown overboard, googled 'how long can books survive in seawater?' and the only information I came upon was about printed text found surviving in Blackbeard's ship. So obviously I'm sharing it here, because it's too much of a coincidence not to.
Book fragments found in the wreck of the Queen Anne's Revenge.
(Also the whole 'who can read / why would there be books aboard a pirate ship / what books would they be' thing and the fact of where they were found is giving me all kinds of often hilarious and very OFMD mental images!)
Book fragments found in the wreck of the Queen Anne's Revenge.
(Also the whole 'who can read / why would there be books aboard a pirate ship / what books would they be' thing and the fact of where they were found is giving me all kinds of often hilarious and very OFMD mental images!)
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