The Enlisted SeamanExplores the life of British captain James Cook. Rivalry between Great Britain and France in the year 1755; Recruitment of Cook among the seamen of the Royal Navy; Attainment of a master's certificate by Cook in 1757.Thornton, Clifford E...
the same day as the International Day of Seafarers. Scheduled to dock at Shanghai on the second day, he was finally going home after 339 days at sea on the most eventful voyage of his life, plus another 14 days in quarantine, of course. ...
In the mass of these letters, I am always struck by the precedence which the idea of a "position in life" takes above all other thoughts in the parents'—more especially in the mothers'—minds. "The education befitting such and such a station in life"—this is the phrase, this the ...
the flogging of one of the East India Company's Lascar seamen during his stay in a London boarding-house raised this question in an urgent way. Was the use of a 'customary' punishment by a serang {native officer} acceptable in the metropole, or was this a violation of British liberties?
In 1986, the British astronomer Moore, through BBC Radio 2, said at 9:47 a. m. all people could experience once-in-a-life time event. The Earth's gravity(重力) would be weak and people could jump higher at the very moment and might even float like the astronauts do in space. A ...
The Seaman's Medical Advocate: Or, an Attempt to Shew that Five Thousand Seamen Are, Annually, During War, Lost to the British Nation through the Yellow Fever Written by a naval surgeon in 1798, this medical treatise provides a frank and harrowing account of life in the British navy. ...
, the voyage was no buccaneering escapade. The crew were bound by a strict code of conduct: eat well, keep scrupulously clean, no hanky-panky with the natives and no gunboat diplomacy – common-sense humanitarian principles that stood Bellingshausen in good stead for the rest of his...
“How am I finding uni?” It’s great. It’s not perfect, nothing is, but, like, I’ve got a brilliant social life, just brilliant, and I’ve made lots of friends. For the first few months I just didn’t do, really enough work. But I – I talked about it with my parents ...
20, 1844, Wilmot, Nova Scotia, Can.—died 1909/10, at sea) was a Canadian seaman and adventurer who was the first man in recorded history to sail around the world singlehandedly. Slocum joined the crew of a merchant vessel at 16 and from that time on spent most of his life at sea...
Musicals, which developed out of British comedy (喜剧) at the end of 19th century, are stage productions that use popular-style songs and dialogues. They put together music and play, as well as song and dance.In Europe, the US and Japan, the musical is a popular form of performing art...