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22 Ships Filled with Stones Cast at One Time: in 1586, the Rochelais Literally Turned a Sea Arm Into a Marsh

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Imagine a port city so dreaded by its neighbours that we prefer to sabotage twenty ships rather than let it breathe. Yet this is what was played on the Charente coast at the end of the sixteenth century, when the inhabitants of La Rochelle decided to end, once and for all, with the Catholic competition of [...]
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Imagine a port city so dreaded by its neighbours that we prefer to sabotage twenty ships rather than let it breathe. Yet this is what was played on the Charente coast at the end of the sixteenth century, when the inhabitants of La Rochelle decided to end, once and for all, with the Catholic competition of [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
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