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Hydra: The Forgotten Birthplace of Greek Shipping | Greece News
Hydra Island, the serene car-free paradise, was secretly the birthplace of the modern Greek merchant marine — where survival meant sailing, and half the population became shipbuilders, captains, and financiers. They founded the world’s first merchant marine academy in 1749, teaching navigation, trade, and languages, and even trained Ottoman navies. Masters of the sea and politics, they pioneered flag-of-convenience tactics, sailed to the Americas, and one even rose to admiral in Argentina’s independence war. During the Greek War of Independence, they poured everything into the cause — ships…
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