![]() ![]() All the hatches and doors leading below and off the deck are locked or shut. There appears to be no crew on board, the ship untouched except for torn sails, impromptu repairs of the mizzenmast, and a skeleton in front of the captain's cabin. You tell him to bring the package aboard while you examine the main deck. An oarsman rows you to the seemingly-deserted vessel, grumbling at the late hour. You, the Chief Inspector of Insurance & Claims of the East India Company's London office, are immediately sent to Falmouth to prepare an assessment with a mysterious package in tow. The undermanned ship, 51 crew + 9 passengers, set off to the Orient a few months ago with the expectation it would be back within two years. ![]() ![]() PrologueIn 1803, the Obra Dinn note built in 1796, weighing 800 tons, load capacity of 18 feet is declared missing after it fails to meet a rendezvous at the Cape of Great Hope. ![]()
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