Why are ships female?
When Admiral Chester W Nimitz, the architect of the Allies victory in the Pacific during WW2, was asked this question, he replied; "A...
The French Captain Cook
Captain James Cook’s three voyages of exploration in the Pacific where widely admired throughout Enlightenment Europe. The southern...
The Santisima Trinidad
When she was launched in 1769, the Santisima Trinidad (Holy Trinity) was the greatest warship the age of sail had seen. She was built as...
The Search for Longitude
Mankind has long known that they lived on a spherical world. Astronomers could see the circular shadow cast by the earth on the moon...
