>The two felines—one adult, one juvenile—appear to have been cared for by the sailors so, these were ship's cats rather than passenger or cargo cats. https://

>The two felines—one adult, one juvenile—appear to have been cared for by the sailors so, these were ship's cats rather than passenger or cargo cats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%27s_cat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%27s_cat "The ship's cat has been a common feature on many trading, exploration, and naval ships dating to ancient times... most importantly to control rodents" and one presumes others were on most every other ship to have plied those waters