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