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No One Expected to Find Cats in This Shipwreck… And Yet, They Changed Everything
In a discovery that pushes back the timeline of domestic cats in North America, archaeologists have uncovered the earliest ...
Earliest known domestic cat remains in America found in 466-year-old Spanish shipwreck near Florida
A new study published in American Antiquity revealed insights into the history of domestic cats in the Americas, including ...
Remains of domestic cats found in wreckage of ancient ship were likely first to arrive in United States
The remains of two domestic cats found in the wreckage of a Spanish conquistador ship were likely the first of the pet to ...
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Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck
The ship was part of a Spanish colonizing expedition led by the conquistador Tristán de Luna y Arellano, who was voyaging from Mexico under the Spanish crown. In September 1559, a hurricane in ...
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Diver Called His Mom Before He Disappeared Near Florida Shipwreck: 'He Told Me I Was His Inspiration'
Facebook A 39-year-old man called his mom just before he vanished while free diving near a shipwreck off the coast of Florida. Virgil Price III was last seen on the morning of Sunday, May 12 ...
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Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck
Bones belonging to a cat and rat from the Emanuel Point II shipwreck off the coast of Florida. | Credit: John Bratten "It was interesting to think about the idea of the cat being a pet or one that ...