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Nelson's Caribbean Hellhole: An 18th-Century Navy Graveyard Uncovered

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

As archaeologists excavate a mass grave of British sailors, Sam Willis explores Antigua's ruins and sees how the Caribbean's sugar islands were a kind of hell in Nelson's time. Show more

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Presenter:
Sam Willis
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Tim Green

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