Welcome to AirNenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Spend enough time at sea, and your eyes could start to play tricks on you.

You might see Phantom Sea creatures in the distance, or even a massive land floating

above the water.

The latter is called a Fata Morgana, and was named after Morgan Lafay, the powerful

sorceress from Arthurian legend.

It was believed that her powers had caused fairy castles to sprout above the waves.

Perhaps Morgan Lafay was behind another mysterious ocean mass, one that has confounded

explorers and cartographers for hundreds of years.

What was nothing more than a speck on a map became the legend that launched a thousand

ships.

One of those ships belonged to John Nezbit.

Nezbit was a soldier.

After fighting in the 30 years war during the 17th century, he probably should have settled

down with his wife and family back in Scotland.

But Nezbit couldn't shake his sense of duty.

He continued to serve in battles between 1666 and 1679, before being labeled an outlaw for

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