



oin the men who "go down to the sea in ships".  Here you will find Merchantmen, Whalers, Pirates, and Seamen.  Captains such as Ahab, Kidd, Blackbeard, Bligh, and others are here as well. Here you will also find those stories of shipwrecks and sadness, of hurricanes and lost treasure, and of mutiny and deserted islands.  Both fresh and salt water history are here.  From the South Seas to the Great Lakes of America which are like seas unto themselves.  From the far northern oceans to the seas at the end of the world in the south.  Here then is the history of the waters of the world, and the ships and the men that sailed them.  Cast off now, for the tide is high and there be a fresh wind at our backs................
 Maritime History:
 The Maritime History Virtual Archives
 Maritime History Citations for the OED
 The Australian National Maritime Museum
 United States Naval and Shipbuilding Museum 
 Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
 The National Maritime History Society
 National Maritime Museum - Britain 
 United States Coast Guard Home Page
 Definitions & Mnemonics for Sailors
 John's Nautical & Boatbuilding Page
 Ships and Passenger Lists of the World  
 Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology
 United States Naval History Center
 Mutiny on the HMS Bounty: A New Perspective
 Meanings of International Maritime Signal Flags
 The Marine Historical Society of Detroit
 Links:  Maritime History and Archaeology
 Links to Other Marine Web Sites
 Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page
 History of Antarctic Exploration
 Henry Hudson, Explorer & Adventurer
 Inuit & Englishman -The Northern Voyages of Martin Frobisher
 History of Various Clipper Ships
 Northwest Passage's North Pole Expedition
 Francis Drake - Determining Latitude Off California, 1579
 Great Lakes Shipwreck Research
 International Registry of Sunken Ships
 The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
 Centre for Maritime Archaeology 
 Lost Treasures of the Seven Seas - Forgotten Shipwrecks
 The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
 The Restoration of the Edmund Fitzgerald's Bell
 R.M.S. Titanic, the White Star Line's Legend
 Australian National Shipwreck Database 
 The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society 
 New Bedford Whaling Museum Home Page
 All There is to Know About Whales
 International Whaling Commission
 Cape Verdeans in the Whaling Industry
 Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers
 Pirates of Nassau Interactive Museum
 Piracy and Privateers, the History of Maritime Piracy
 Piece of Eight - A Guide to 17th Century Piracy
 The IMB Piracy Reporting Center  
 St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum
 Jean Lafitte: Gentleman Pirate
 The World's Lighthouses, Lightships, and Lifesaving Stations
 Americasan Lighthouse Foundation
 Alphabetical Index of Lighthouses

 