For any fans of Patrick O'Brian's books, you may enjoy this resource as much as I do. This project by Tom Horn provides the reader with a better degree of orientation as they are carried along on the voyages of the several ships through the Aubrey/Maturin series.
www.cannonade.net/index.php
www.cannonade.net/index.php
Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project
To accurately map the progress of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin in the novels by Patrick O'Brian.
www.cannonade.net
April 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
For any fans of Patrick O'Brian's books, you may enjoy this resource as much as I do. This project by Tom Horn provides the reader with a better degree of orientation as they are carried along on the voyages of the several ships through the Aubrey/Maturin series.
www.cannonade.net/index.php
www.cannonade.net/index.php
On this date in 1858, the clipper ship James Baines caught fire while discharging her cargo in Liverpool.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B...
April 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
On this date in 1858, the clipper ship James Baines caught fire while discharging her cargo in Liverpool.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B...
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An interesting perspective!
A map of Australia defined by the lighthouses. I have no way to verify if this is legit by the way, as I don't know much about lighthouses!
They are generated by www.instagram.com/researchremora
But you can see them all here: brilliantmaps.com/lighthouse-m...
A map of Australia defined by the lighthouses. I have no way to verify if this is legit by the way, as I don't know much about lighthouses!
They are generated by www.instagram.com/researchremora
But you can see them all here: brilliantmaps.com/lighthouse-m...
March 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
An interesting perspective!
A map of Australia defined by the lighthouses. I have no way to verify if this is legit by the way, as I don't know much about lighthouses!
They are generated by www.instagram.com/researchremora
But you can see them all here: brilliantmaps.com/lighthouse-m...
A map of Australia defined by the lighthouses. I have no way to verify if this is legit by the way, as I don't know much about lighthouses!
They are generated by www.instagram.com/researchremora
But you can see them all here: brilliantmaps.com/lighthouse-m...
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Your moment of calm at Eastern Point Lighthouse during sunrise
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April 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Your moment of calm at Eastern Point Lighthouse during sunrise
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Happy Vernal Equinox!
Wishing you an balance on an even keel!
Wishing you an balance on an even keel!
March 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Happy Vernal Equinox!
Wishing you an balance on an even keel!
Wishing you an balance on an even keel!
August 24(?), 1790 exerpt from the log of the sloop Dolphin, kept by Capt. Benjamin Paddock, Jr. on a whaling voyage from Nantucket to the Bahamas and down to the West Indies, 1790-91.
fromthepage.com/nharl/ships-...
fromthepage.com/nharl/ships-...
March 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
August 24(?), 1790 exerpt from the log of the sloop Dolphin, kept by Capt. Benjamin Paddock, Jr. on a whaling voyage from Nantucket to the Bahamas and down to the West Indies, 1790-91.
fromthepage.com/nharl/ships-...
fromthepage.com/nharl/ships-...
Whether the weather be fine,
Whether the weather be not,
We weather the weather, whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.
~ my old bosun
Whether the weather be not,
We weather the weather, whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.
~ my old bosun
March 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Whether the weather be fine,
Whether the weather be not,
We weather the weather, whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.
~ my old bosun
Whether the weather be not,
We weather the weather, whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.
~ my old bosun
"Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore generally looking down." ~ John Masefield
The sea certainly gives the sailor opportunity for a different perspective and an expansive mindset. It's almost unavoidable.
The sea certainly gives the sailor opportunity for a different perspective and an expansive mindset. It's almost unavoidable.
March 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore generally looking down." ~ John Masefield
The sea certainly gives the sailor opportunity for a different perspective and an expansive mindset. It's almost unavoidable.
The sea certainly gives the sailor opportunity for a different perspective and an expansive mindset. It's almost unavoidable.