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- MaritimeHistory.info
Resources about sea exploration, naval battles, and other maritime history topics. Includes book excerpts, maps, and links to nautical memorabilia.
www.maritimehistory.info
- Latitude: The Science of Sailing the World
Comparison of maritime maps before and after sailors learned to measure their latitude, or distance from the Earth's poles. The discovery of latitude revolutionized the art of sailing and the European exploration of the globe.
www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi
- U.S. National Parks: Maritime Heritage Program
Seeking to interpret and preserve America's maritime heritage. Includes a list of historic ships, lighthouses, and other landmarks.
www.cr.nps.gov/maritime
- Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons
Online exhibit about the history of ocean and maritime exploration. See images, maps, and other information about notable explorers, expeditions, and navigations.
library.thinkquest.org/C001692
- European Voyages of Exploration: The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Historical overview of maritime exploration by Portugal and Spain in the 15th and 16th centuries, when they established sea routes between the world's continents. Also examines the economic, political, and cultural patterns of that era in Europe.
www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya
- Tayside, A Maritime History (TAMH)
Virtual museum about the maritime history of the Tayside region of Scotland. Includes information on the area's legacy as a trading port, typical cargos, and notable shipowners.
www.dmcsoft.com/tamh
- Lost at Sea - The Search for Longitude
Companion to the PBS special about the quest for a method of determining a seafaring ship's longitude. Learn why ocean navigation depends on knowing what time it is.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude
- Northwest Passage
Online resources about the quest for the Northwest Passage, the sea route linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Includes profiles of explorers and ships, maps of expeditions, and information on how the passage is used today.
www.athropolis.com/links/nwpass.htm
- Portola Expedition of 1769
Information on the land and maritime expeditions of what was later to become California.
www.mchsmuseum.com/portola1769.html
- Sebastian Vizcaino's Exploration of Monterey
Account of Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino's expedition to Monterey, in what is now California, on December 16, 1602.
www.mchsmuseum.com/vizcaino.html
- Shipping in Ireland
Photographs and information on shipping and ports in Ireland. Learn about the maritime history of Cork, New Ross, and other Irish regions. Also includes images from the U.S. Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
homepage.eircom.net/~mhanlon/shipping.htm
- Ye Olde Booke O' Seadogs
Collection of research materials detailing the life of 16th Century English sailors, for actors or living history performers. Find out about sailors' daily lives, clothing, equipment, and slang, as well as information about important people and ships.
bookoseadogs.org
- John Harrison and the Longitude Problem
The story behind the manufacture of John Harrison's marine timekeepers, which allowed early sailors to establish their longitude. Presented by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?show=conWebDoc.355&navId;=005001001
- Project X 1497-1999
Poetry-multimedia installation exploring discovery, technology, and colonialism. Begins with a revisioning of Vasco da Gama's first voyage in 1497 from Portugal, around Africa, to India.
projectx.damianlopes.com
- Northeast Fisheries Science Center: Fisheries History
The history of fishing and fisheries in the American Northwest, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Learn about fishing methods and government regulation, with photos, articles, and a historical timeline.
www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history
- American Experience: Rescue at Sea
Online companion to the PBS special about the 1909 collision of two ships off Nantucket Island. For the first time, the passengers' lives became dependent on a new technology, wireless telegraphy.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rescue
- Marco Polo Project, The
Preserving the history of the Marco Polo, the 19th century sailing ship that combined the underwater body of a clipper with the midship section of a cargo carrier. With information about the ship's construction and travels.
www.new-brunswick.net/marcopolo
- Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey
Online companion to Wayfinders, the documentary film about a community of Pacific Islanders that builds traditional sailing canoes, learns celestial navigation, and embarks on a 2,000-mile voyage in the wake of their ancestors.
www.pbs.org/wayfinders
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