“Oh what a treat of a source detail! I’m revealing it here because it won’t fit into my dissertation. #mondaymotivation
The #explorer Thomas James decided one November morning in 1633 to cut his hair and #beard short, because it was rather annoying that his face was constantly full of #icicles:

#SaturdayScholar play with #aiimage depicting my #PhD chapter on #animalagency #walrus!

Can you spot the one who is not part of the Royal Navy but appointed to the #Cookvoyage to draw pictures? I love the way AI figured out the meaning of different style hats on the officers of the ship. #chatCPT5

This rearly seen draft image of the #walrushunt scene by #JohnWebber (1778) received delightful discussion in #maritimebritain conference last week.

🦄 'Sea horse' was widely used to mean 'walrus' in the 17th and 18th C English; compare with Norwegian and Icelandic words like morse and rosmarus

I was trialing my #PhD arguments last week in the
@MaritimeBritain project´s conference in #Southampton. Thanks all delegates for allowing me to pick your brains about #counternarrative to #heroism using #animalhistory #captaincook

#incookcompany #maritimehistory #18thC

#faffe Kiinnostava tutkimus Suomessa parin vuosisadan aikana bongatuista lajeista tänään ulkona! Julkaisun yhteydessä luennoitiin digitutkimuksen teosta ja tulosten merkityksestä samalla teosta slaideilla selaillen - onpa kaunis kirja! Onnea!! @utu.fi #kulttuurihistoria #sanomalehtiarkisto

Kun eurooppalaiset aina nimesi ‘uusia’ paikkoja kaveriensa tai tapahtumien mukaan, niin arvaa missä Cook sai reissun parhaan dinnerin? #inCookCompany #maphistory