The Worst Epidemics Throughout History

Great Plague of Marseille

When the ship Grand-Saint-Antoine docked in Marseille, France, the city would never be the same. The giant boat was filled with a cargo of goods from the eastern Mediterranean, where rodents and fleas were tucked into the boxes and crates. Once opened, their disease was released with it. The ship was quarantined, but still, people got sick from the infestation at sea. 

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