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A Genoese Fleet Missed Saving Constantinople by Hours
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A Genoese Fleet Missed Saving Constantinople by Hours

A Genoese ship packed with weapons and soldiers set sail in 1453 to save Constantinople—and missed the city's fall by approximately eighteen hours.

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