CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE A Deserted Ship Adrift 4 CHAPTER TWO Another Voyage 14 CHAPTER THREE An Investigation but No Real Answers 22 CHAPTER FOUR Mystery Shrouds the Ship 30 CHAPTER FIVE New Millennium New Questions 36 Weighing the Evidence 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
No one knows who first sighted the two-masted ship on the Atlantic Ocean 400 miles 644 km from the Portuguese islands of the Azores On December 5 1872 aboard the British ship Dei Gratia either Captain David Morehouse or seaman John Johnson spotted the sails of a ship 4 to 5 miles 6 to 8 km away The distant ship moved unsteadily and appeared to be in trouble Despite high seas from 5 The Mary Celeste has been surrounded by mystery since it was found abandoned in 1872 CHAPTER ONE A DESERTED SHIP ADRIFT
