Maritime History

Along the Embarcadero in San Diego, naval and maritime history enthusiasts will find the USS Midway.

Nov 9, 2009 - Tom Wolsey

In 1790, Lt. William Bligh navigated a 23-foot open launch for 3,618 nautical miles after mutineers on the HMS Bounty set him and 18 others adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

Jul 24, 2009 - Gene Owens

On January 23, 1960 Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh pulled off a feat so great people who have tried to break their record eventually don't even dare try and come close.

Sep 13, 2007 - Lisa Stephenson

Becoming something of a scarcity many of these boats have gone out of service, but they are an important part of history.

Jul 3, 2007 - John Crandall

After the first ironclads proved themselves, it wasn't long before iron and then steel replaced wood as the primary material for ship construction.

May 22, 2007 - John Crandall

Chis Smith had a natural talent for building boats that were both functional and beautiful, and he built that into a very successful business.

May 4, 2007 - John Crandall

The keeled boat or ship is very likely a Phoenician invention. Both with oars and sials they plied the waters of the Mediterranean and beyond.

Apr 6, 2007 - John Crandall

These medieval cargo ships used wooden barrels to protect their cargo in open holds.

Mar 5, 2007 - John Crandall

The Vikings offered human sacrifices upon launching a new longboat. It is very likely that the wine ceremony used today dates back to the original blood ceremony.

Dec 19, 2006 - John Crandall

Dugouts can range from simple one man canoes to long, slender, and fast outrigger war canoes, and large dual hull dugouts that can carry sail.

Dec 6, 2006 - John Crandall

Sandwich, Sandwich Islands, Alaska, and death

Nov 21, 2006 - John Crandall

Antarctica, ice, illness, and Easter Island

Nov 21, 2006 - John Crandall

In Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Batavia, sails for home

Nov 21, 2006 - John Crandall

Sails for Tahiti, Secret Orders, defeats scurvy

Nov 21, 2006 - John Crandall

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 - John Crandall

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 - John Crandall

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 - John Crandall

A brief history of the compass and the compass rose

Oct 31, 2006 - John Crandall

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 - John Crandall

Ferdinand Magellan died fighting on a beach in a war among nieghboring tribes.

Oct 29, 2006 - John Crandall

Magellan is generally credited as the first man to sail around the world.

Oct 29, 2006 - John Crandall

Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships on September 20, 1519.

Oct 29, 2006 - John Crandall

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 - John Crandall

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 - John Crandall

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 - John Crandall