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Narcís Monturiol’s Submarines

Narcís Monturiol’s Submarines

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September 16, 202446m 27s

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Catalan inventor Narcís Monturiol fought for ideals like equality, freedom, and progress in the midst of a lot of social and political chaos in 19th-century upheavals in Spain and Catalonia. And then, he built submarines.

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