From the Surviving Record Voyages, failures and vanishings, reconstructed from the records they left. https://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/ 2026-11-01T00:00:00Z Cardenio: A Lost Play Known From Two 1613 Court Paymentshttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/vanished-texts/cardenio/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZCardenio is a lost play paid for at court in 1613 under the spellings Cardenno and Cardenna. A 1653 entry credited it to Fletcher and Shakespeare. Records, CSV.From the Surviving Record Cardiff Giant: By White's Account, Its Stone Was Gypsumhttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/hoaxes/cardiff-giant/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZThe Cardiff Giant was dug up on October 16, 1869. Andrew D. White recorded that a piece said to be from it was gypsum. Who doubted it, and when, with CSV data.From the Surviving Record Charles Ponzi: A Coupon Trade the Supreme Court Called Falsehttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/hoaxes/charles-ponzi/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZIn 1924 the U.S. Supreme Court called Charles Ponzi's postal-coupon trade a “false tale.” His $150-for-$100 promise and the 1920 run, from the Court's record.From the Surviving Record Dead Reckoning: Why Bowditch Advised Shorter Log-Line Knotshttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/shipwrecks/dead-reckoning/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZHow dead reckoning worked: Bowditch's 1802 manual timed a log line knotted every 51 feet with a half-minute glass, then advised shorter knots. Figures and CSV.From the Surviving Record Donation of Constantine: Written Centuries After Constantinehttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/hoaxes/donation-of-constantine/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZThe Catholic Encyclopedia dated the Donation of Constantine to 750–850 in 1909, long after Constantine died in 337, and Valla's treatise against it to 1440.From the Surviving Record Shackleton Expedition: His Own Dates Give 497 Days Off Landhttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/expeditions/endurance-expedition/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZBy the dates in Shackleton's South, the 28 men of the Endurance went 497 days without land. Each phase dated and counted, with the partial stores ledger as CSV.From the Surviving Record Franklin Expedition: Two Notes on One Page, 11 Months Aparthttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/expeditions/franklin-expedition/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZWhat happened to the Franklin expedition? A sheet found in 1859, as McClintock printed it, holds two notes: “All well” in 1847, ships deserted in April 1848.From the Surviving Record Library of Alexandria: No Source on File Names Its Last Dayhttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/vanished-texts/library-of-alexandria/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZWho burned the Library of Alexandria? Caesar's own account names ships, not books. The main ancient sources, dated and compared, with a free CSV and timeline.From the Surviving Record Love's Labour's Won: A Shakespeare Title Listed in 1598https://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/vanished-texts/loves-labours-won/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZLove's Labour's Won is a comedy Francis Meres credited to Shakespeare in 1598. No play survives under that title. The list and the matches proposed, with CSV.From the Surviving Record RMS Lusitania: Witnesses Disagree on a Second Explosionhttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/shipwrecks/lusitania/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZHow the Lusitania sank on May 7, 1915: the British inquiry found two torpedoes and 1,198 lives lost; a 1918 U.S. court said about 18 minutes. Timeline, CSV.From the Surviving Record Mary Celeste: Conan Doyle's 1884 Story Called Her 'Marie'https://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/shipwrecks/mary-celeste/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZThe Mary Celeste was found with no one aboard in 1872, her boat gone, per testimony Fay printed. Conan Doyle's 1884 story called her Marie and kept her boats.From the Surviving Record Quebec Bridge Collapse: The 1908 Inquiry Blamed Chord Designhttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/failures/quebec-bridge/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZWhy did the Quebec Bridge collapse in 1907? Canada's 1908 Royal Commission blamed the design of its lower chords and found its weight had been set too low.From the Surviving Record Roald Amundsen: First at the Pole, by Both Leaders' Recordshttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/expeditions/race-to-the-south-pole/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZRoald Amundsen reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911, by his own book; Scott reached it on January 17, 1912, by his journal. Dates, latitudes, routes.From the Surviving Record Silver Bridge Collapse: NTSB Traced It to One Hidden Crackhttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/failures/silver-bridge/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZWhy did the Silver Bridge fall in 1967? The NTSB traced it to one eyebar's hidden flaw. Its cause, the two-bar chain, and the inspection rule that followed.From the Surviving Record St. Francis Dam: The 1928 Inquiry Blamed the Rock Beneath Ithttps://fromthesurvivingrecord.com/failures/st-francis-dam/2026-11-01T00:00:00ZWhy did the St. Francis Dam fail in 1928? A state commission blamed defective foundations. Its findings, the flood's timeline and what it asked the state to do.From the Surviving Record