maritime history

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• SOURCE: WBUR
  11/29/2021
  

  What Can 19th Century Whaling Diaries Tell Us About Climate Change?

  Whaling ships' logbooks contain detailed navigational notes and descriptions of wind and weather, which can help construct a picture of climate patterns on distant stretches of ocean. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  12/15/2020
  

  The World’s Most Important Body of Water

  by Daniel Yergin

  The author of a book on the dispute over control of the South China sea examines four critical decisionmakers whose actions shaped the present conflict. 

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• SOURCE: Harvard Gazette
  10/21/2020
  

  Salvaging Another Piece of Black history

  Diving with a Purpose seeks to locate and document marine evidence of Black history, including the wrecks of ships involved in the slave trade. 

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• SOURCE: ABC News
  9/9/2020
  

  Black Scuba Divers Document Slave Shipwrecks Forgotten For Generations

  Columbia University professor Christopher Brown says the number of slave shipwrecks that researchers have been able to confirm are the absolute minimum, and that the true number of shipwrecked slave ships are likely much higher. The work of a Florida diving group hopes to change that. 

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• The Post Office is Mentioned, but Not Protected, by the Constitution

  by David Head

  If the day comes when the USPS, like privateering, has outlived its usefulness, the Constitution will prove no obstacle. The only question that matters is the practical one: does the postal service accomplish its mission better than the alternatives?

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  4/5/2020
  

  Mystery Shipwreck Dates to Before Revolutionary War, Researcher Says

  The hull of a ship that surfaces every few years on a Maine beach may have been the Defiance, a sloop built in 1754.

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• 11/7/19
  

  14 Ships' Figureheads Weighing Over 20 Tons Arrive at UK's Newest Museum, The Box

  by Orbis Conservation

  In what is the most ambitious sculpture conservation project currently taking place in the UK, 14 monumental 19th century naval figureheads have been saved from decay for the nation. 

• SOURCE: NYT
  7-22-13
  

  Museum Relaunches Wooden Whaler Built in 1841

  MYSTIC, Conn. — A national historic landmark slowly slid into the water on Sunday, to cannon fire and the cheers of thousands of spectators on land and in boats.After nearly five years, about $7 million and a painstaking restoration by more than 60 people, the Charles W. Morgan, believed to be the last surviving wooden whaling vessel in the world, was again afloat — 172 years after its construction.“Once it’s floating, it’s alive again,” said Quentin Snediker, the director of the shipyard at the Mystic Seaport museum, who was in charge of the restoration....