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unusual facts about maritime history



Northwest Seaport

The Northwest Seaport Maritime Heritage Center is a nonprofit organization in Seattle, Washington dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Puget Sound and Northwest Coast maritime heritage, expressed through educational programs and experiences available to the public.


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Academia de Marinha

This agency of the Portuguese Navy developed from the Maritime History Studies group (Grupo de Estudos de História Marítima), established in 1969 by Vice Admiral Sarmento Rodrigues and Vice Admiral Teixeira da Mota.

Briton C. Busch

In addition, he was a member of council of the International Commission for Maritime History, 1996 to 2000, and served as Book Review editor of the country's leading scholary journal for maritime history in the United States, The American Neptune, from 1991 to 2003.

Coat of arms

-- Systemic bias/biased perspective --> An example in recent use is the logo of Mitsubishi corporation which started as a shipping and maritime enterprise and whose emblem is based on a water chestnut derived from its maritime history with a military naval influence.

Frank Braynard

Born Francis Osborn Braynard in Glen Cove, New York, he was educated at Duke University (receiving a degree in history in 1939) and later took a master's in maritime history at Columbia University.

Joan Druett

While Ron painted and exhibited at galleries such as Mystic Seaport Gallery, she researched and wrote historical novels and books on maritime history.

Labaree

Benjamin Woods Labaree (born 1927), leading historian of American colonial history and American maritime history

Lyme Regis Museum

The collections and subject areas exhibited include fossils from the surrounding area dating from the Jurassic period, geology, local maritime history, memorabilia, and writers associated with the town such as Jane Austen and John Fowles.

Salt-Water Poems and Ballads

Salt-Water Poems and Ballads is a book of poetry on themes of seafaring and maritime history by John Masefield.

Time and Tide

Time and Tide Museum, a museum dedicated to the maritime history of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk