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Captain James Cook Early Life
Captain James Cook was an extrordinary man who on three voyages discovered numerous Pacific Islands, and virtually completed the mapping of our world.
Nov 21, 2006
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John Crandall
Clipper Ships
Near the peak of commercial sailing technology, clippers are somewhere between an awesome feat of engineering and a work of fine art.
Nov 2, 2006
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John Crandall
Eric the Red
We know what we know about Eric the Red and his son Lief Ericson because their stories were written down in a saga.
Nov 1, 2006
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John Crandall
The Compass and the Compass Rose
A brief history of the compass and the compass rose
Oct 31, 2006
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John Crandall
Building a Viking Longboat
We have archeological evidence of longboat construction methods from which we can guess how they built their ships, but my research has not yet uncovered who did the work
Oct 30, 2006
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John Crandall
Magellan's Death
Ferdinand Magellan died fighting on a beach in a war among nieghboring tribes.
Oct 29, 2006
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John Crandall
Ferdinand Magellan
Magellan is generally credited as the first man to sail around the world.
Oct 29, 2006
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John Crandall
Magellan's Voyage
Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships on September 20, 1519.
Oct 29, 2006
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John Crandall
Vikings, Longboats, and Navigation
A great knowledge of the ways of the sea was passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation of Vikings. And, perhaps they had some technologies now lost.
Oct 23, 2006
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John Crandall
Lief Ericson
There is little doubt that Lief Ericson truly discovered America long before Columbus, although that discovery did not lead to a permanent European presence.
Oct 20, 2006
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John Crandall
Viking Voyages
After being exiled from Iceland Eric the Red and his son Lief Ericson discovered America. The Rus traveled to Kiev and Byzantium.
Aug 27, 2006
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John Crandall
Transatlantic Steam
From the Great Western in 1838 to the 1960's steamships crossed the Atlantic with regularity.
Aug 20, 2006
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John Crandall
Viking Longboats
Viking longboats were by far the best ships before the age of sail.
Aug 15, 2006
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John Crandall
Steamboat and Steamship Firsts
There is a little controversy about what was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic because many did so with a combination of sail and auxiliary steam engines.
Aug 10, 2006
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John Crandall
The Caravel
The Caravel was the Transportation technology that enabled Columbus to discover the New World.
Jul 11, 2006
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John Crandall
