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The First Ship’s Cat

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There were many reasons to have cats on ships. Rodents were one reason, but did you know cats were believed to have magical powers able to protect a ship at sea. Legend and myth are filled with stories about ship cats, and every ship had a few. It is believed that during the 15th-18th centuries […]

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