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| Looking across the starboard bow of the Vasa from the sixth floor of the museum. Even through construction and stability tests, the warship had balance issues due to its extreme weight, uncorrected due to poor leadership, royal impatience due to an oncoming war, and the influences of the king's yes-men. |
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