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The Age of Sail

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The Age of Sail

1571 — 1862

Charts, coastlines and the ships that filled them in.

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History on Film explores the past one Moment at a time — a period or theme told through the films and television that brought it to the screen.

On accuracy: every record describes the history a production portrays. That is not a claim that each scene or detail is historically exact. Where a reliable value is not known, records say “Information unavailable” rather than guessing.

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