The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research keeping you up to date with all society news, short research articles, headlines from the world of maritime research and heritage, ...

In the early 19 th century, Mexico produced approximately half of the world’s silver. Along with gold and jewels, this was used to pay for British trade goods. The problem was how to get these safely ...

A continuation of Admiral Ballard’s consideration of the evidence of Egyptian naval architecture to be found in the Valley of the Nile, and what it tells us about the seafarers of ancient Egypt. It is ...

This posthumously published essay by the former Surgeon Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy considers how naval and civilian medical discoveries, attitudes and practices influenced each other during the ...

Neither the ancient Greeks nor the Romans had a formal concept of international law of the sea, in part because the modern concept of coequal nations did not itself yet exist. However, the maritime ...

The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research keeping you up to date with all society news, short research articles, headlines from the world of maritime research and heritage, ...

The article focuses on the political intrigues and machinations behind the operations of the Fleet commanded by the Commonwealth General at Sea Robert Blake, through the correspondence of his ...

One way to follow scholars’ interests in the cultural and technological transmission of traits and specific crafts or artifacts is this paper, based on the evidence of the evolution and distribution ...