Maritime Musings > March 2011
Houston Ship Channel
A once-sleepy bayou converted into a major industrial complex

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/4/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Nuclear-powered cargo vessels
An experiment that failed

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/15/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Jack Ward (1553-1622)
Englishman turned Barbary pirate

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/11/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Spratly Islands
An obscure but disputed island group athwart a vital shipping lane

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/8/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Richard Hakluyt
The man who popularized the English settlement of North America

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/18/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Macaronesia
A collective name for five archipelagos in the North Atlantic Ocean

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/1/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Fall line
The boundary between uplands and lowlands, punctuated by waterfalls

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/25/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Galleass
One of the original dual-fuel vessels

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/29/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


PNTL
Operating specialized ships for carriage of nuclear material

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/22/2011 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


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