The Emperor’s Giraffe
Archaeologists excavating early Ming dynasty tombs in China sometimes find small gold ingots. They are generally stamped with Chinese...
Victory off the Gironde
At dawn on the 14th December 1798, the Royal Navy frigate Ambuscade 32, was patrolling the estuary of the River Gironde on the west coast...
Maritime Greenwich
For much of its existence, Greenwich has had little connection with the sea. It lies close to London, on the south bank of the River...
Murder in the Dockyard
In the old naval dockyard at English Harbour, Antigua there used to be an anchor that was known locally as “Peterson’s Anchor”. It was...
