Maritime Musings
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
Founder of the Spanish settlement in Manila.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/3/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Delta Mariner
One-of-a-kind rocket-carrying vessel.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 1/31/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Battle of the Komandorski Islands
An old-fashioned gun battle at sea.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 1/27/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


La Gloire
World’s first ocean-going self-propelled ironclad warship.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 1/24/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Biloxi
The oldest French settlement on the US Gulf Coast.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 1/20/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


French India
A small but long-lived colonial outpost.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 1/17/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Umberto Nobile
Overflew the North Pole twice.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 1/13/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Viking raid on Lindisfarne
Marking the beginning of the Viking Age.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 1/10/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Quarantine flag
A visible warning to stay clear.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 1/6/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Eddystone Light
Possibly the best known active lighthouse in the world.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 1/3/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Strait of Hormuz
A narrow but vital waterway.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 12/30/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Participatory rulemaking
Sitting on your hands during regulatory development is counter-productive.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 12/27/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 5 comments


Robert F. Scott
A brave explorer who underestimated the Antarctic.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 12/23/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Roald Amundsen
First person to transit the Northwest Passage and leader of the first expedition to the South Pole.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 12/20/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Scurvy
An avoidable dietary deficiency.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 12/16/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


US Naval Observatory
Continuing a long history of providing astronomical and time information to the nation.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 12/13/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Pensacola
America’s first European settlement

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 12/9/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


The Bermudas
Small islands with a lengthy maritime history

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 12/6/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Hijacking of the SS Santa Maria
First ship to be attacked by terrorists after World War II

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 12/2/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 5 comments


Vasco da Gama
A ruthless and fearless Portuguese explorer

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/29/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


LORAN
A money-saving measure with important consequences

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/25/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 3 comments


Henry Hudson
Rising from obscurity, he commanded four historic voyages, the last ending in his death

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/22/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Bartolomeu Dias
A pioneering Portuguese explorer

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/18/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Grand Canal
A lengthy waterway with an even longer history

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/15/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


United States Light House Service
A fondly-remembered government agency

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/11/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Challenger Expedition
The foundation of modern oceanography

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/8/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Machias Seal Island
An island without a country (or with two)

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/4/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Richard E. Byrd
Pioneering explorer of the Arctic and the Antarctic

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/1/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


RV Lake Guardian
The EPA’s principal research vessel on the Great Lakes

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 10/28/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Northland
An ice-strengthened vessel that saw action in two wars

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 10/25/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


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