Pirates, freshwater sailors and marine enthusiasts, make a note of this date: on Saturday May 17, 2025, the Musée National de ...

A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century.

In this article we bring you 10 upcoming auction lots around the world. From Agnolo Bronzino’s The Proclamation to Syed Haider Raza's Italian Village, here is a diverse selection to watch for: ...

One historic anecdote comes from the British Royal Navy. In the 17th century, ships fired seven guns because the number aligned with celestial bodies known at the time. Some sailors believed this ...

Data from ship tracking sites showed the American tanker was at anchor when it was hit with the Solong. Amid uncertainty about the incident's cause, Martyn Boyers, chief executive of the Port of ...

A map published by Earth System Science Data shows the dramatic decrease in forest-covered land in the United States since the 17th century. Before European settlement in the early 1600s ...

The 17th Mickey is a flesh photocopy of Mickey Barnes ... gazing up at a long line of wannabe migrants jostling to earn a spot on an escape ship headed to the ice planet Niflheim.

Dr Leah Veronese uncovered the version of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 tucked away in a 17th Century poetry collection at the University of Oxford. The manuscript was found among the papers of ...

This hope was misplaced as the tenets of the Freedom Charter were abandoned by the ANC. For all the diseases that 17th century ships carried, Jan van Riebeeck was the host of the most destructive ...