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Centuries-old shipping records show trade with Europe drove the British Empire

The Independent UK News · 19 October 2026 at 11:58

Centuries-old shipping records show trade with Europe drove the British Empire

Researchers used AI to help extract data from the vast number of voyages noted in the handwritten port books

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Centuries-old shipping records show trade with Europe drove the British Empire

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