AI reads centuries-old handwriting to reveal Britain's vast historic shipping trade

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Historians have used AI to interpret centuries-old handwriting in British port records and chart the country’s historic shipping trade. An interactive map draws on data from hundreds of thousands of pages to show Britain’s rise as a global trading power.

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