Scurvy killed more than two million sailors between the time of Columbus’s transatlantic voyage and the rise...
Maritime
Johannes Gutenberg printed his first Bible in 1455, and the first published sailing directions appeared thirty-five years...
The myth of Theseus’ sacred journey’ continued to be re-enacted in an Athenian state festival held in...
Clay model of a first century Roman War Ship / Museum of Sparta The story of modeled ships...
Potters began to enrich vases in the Geometric Period with depictions of people, animals, ships, and more....
Navigation of the sea is shown to have commenced in the order of one million years ago....
How to get away with smuggling in the Early Modern world? Be someone else! By Alexis Harasemovitch-TruaxPhD...
Figure 1: Greek Colonization of western Asia Minor / Image by Alexikoua, Wikimedia Commons The development of...
A 16th century chart of Europe and North Africa. Luis Texieira, Portolan Chart, Lisbon, ca. 1600 via...
‘Scene at Bideford Bridge’, by Mark Myers, showing the crowded waters of the Torridge during the heyday...
Painting depicting the first victory at sea by USS Constitution over HMS Guerriere, by Anton Otto Fischer / Department...