Set in the days of sailing ships and active pirate expeditions, it follows the adventures of Jim Hawkins and his search for the buried treasure of an evil old pirate, Captain Flint. It’s definitely a story that explores the satisfaction of desires, and, indeed, the motivation of greed. ...
Authority records indicate that August Gideshu served aboard the Central Authority Sailing-Ship (or CASS) 'Zephyr', under Captain Hector Corbet. Little else is known about this ship's crew or specifications, aside from the fact that it served in the Eastern Luminant, and experienced several clas...
I also make a note to find the logbooks for the New Bedford whaling ship Cicero and the Fairhaven ship Sharon so I can read the logbook entries from those ships and learn more about the summer whaling camp they established there. I also have learned the Russian name of the island (Ostro...
In any case, Kavala is a city/port in northern Greece, founded way back in the 7th century B.C. While there, we hired a friendly driver who took us to Ammolofoi Beach, a lovely spot about thirty minutes north of the city. The water was quite enjoyable, and like a lot of beach ...
The Endeavour’s surgery was one of the busiest facilities aboard ship. As surgeon’s boy, Nicholas’s shifts involved twelve-hour days every day as well as being on call to assist in the event of an emergency. The seventeen-year-old soon discovered emergencies aboard sailing ships of the ...
Of the big wide world, of the thousands of occupations, jobs and livelihoods, in finance, business, economics, trade, law, science, technology and engineering, of the lives of the working classes with their labour in coal mines and iron works, building ships, sailing the oceans, building tra...
About Black & Barhe Bookstore Ahoy there, ye seekers of wisdom and curiosity! Grab a chair, if you will, and sit ye down for a tale as old as the venerable oak. Our company, Black & Barhe, was “lifted onto its keel,” that's pirate talk for founded, in the golden age of 173...
As he spoke Jove sent two eagles from the top of the mountain, and they flew on and on with the wind, sailing side by side in their own lordly flight. When they were right over the middle of the assembly they wheeled and circled about, beating the air with their wings and glaring de...
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd, Richard Zacks. A very good, very engaging read about a man you only think you know something about. The Long Way, Bernard Moitessier. A quintessential sailing story. It’s the story of the author’s year-long journey alone in the Round...
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