Researchers Shed New Light on a 15th-Century ‘Floating Castle’ Packed With Guns

In the late 1400s, Europeans started crossing the Atlantic and colonizing much of the world. Two factors, among others, played an important role in European nations’ successful propagation: ships and guns.

In a study published this summer in the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, researchers shed light on the late medieval artillery aboard the Gribshunden, the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship that sank over five centuries ago off the coast of…