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t-m t1_j0260e5 wrote

Wasn't the Vasa completely forgotten about for 200+ years before it was found and dredged?

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znoopyz t1_j05tt6x wrote

Forgive me if I’m mistaken it’s been a while since I learned the story. I don’t think we ever forgot the event of the sinking and I think we always knew where it sank we just didn’t have the ability to dredge it up immediately and by the time that technology was available we just assumed it would have decomposed to the point where such actions would have been pointless.

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