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BookPick: Early Ships and Seafaring, Water Transport Beyond Europe
Posted on September 29, 2015 2 Comments
Although my primary interest is in the Age of Fighting Sail I’m always drawn to books dealing with the engrossing story of man’s exploration and exploitation of waterways and then the sea. In this book, Seán McGrail’s study of European Water Transport (published in 2014) moves out to cover Egypt, Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, China, […]
Ghost Ships
Posted on December 20, 2013 12 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Ghosts and ghost stories are a long-established Christmas tradition. In A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens has miserly Ebenezer Scrooge encountering Yuletide spirits past, present and future. But ghosts are not confined to dry […]
James Craig: From Rotting Hulk to Pride of the Fleet
Posted on October 4, 2013 5 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] It’s always a joy to watch DVDs of tall ships and recently Kathy and I broached the rum cask to sit back and enjoy James Craig Sails Again. The 92-minute video is the […]
BookPick: The Transformation of British Naval Strategy
Posted on September 24, 2013 Leave a Comment
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] After the Battle of Trafalgar, the Royal Navy continued to be the major arm of British strategy in the war against Napoleon, yet as late as 1807 fleets were forced from their stations […]
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