Chronicle of the changes that occurred in various areas when latitude was identified in 1516. Site includes links to the changes in maps, compass roses, and the science of sailing.

An image-rich exposition of visual art that takes the sea as its a theme. Mythology, fantasy, mapmaking, and the history of sailing and marine exploration are all investigated as are fears about the ocean's power, puzzling beliefs about...

A history of the world from the perspective of those who sailed the seas in great waves of exploration, from ancient times through the nineteenth century. Learn about the explorers, their ships, the tools they navigated by, and their...

Did you know there was a global 'Little Ice Age' around the time Columbus sailed across the Atlantic? Climatologists have documented changes in temperature and how countries and people around the world were affected. What caused the LIA?...

Do you know who Afonso de Albuquerque was? Do you know where Robert de LaSalle was from or where Jacques Cartier sailed? Enchanted Learning's A-to-Z list of explorers lets you browse through a large collection of biographical notes on...

Detailed introduction on exploration and trade during the Renaissance. Provides an overview of the tools created during the Middle Ages that made such travels by sea possible as well as insight into the types of goods traders sought in...

[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt from William Butler Yeats' "Sailing to Byzantium." Details that show aging are blue, nature imagery details are red, and body descriptions are...

This article presents information on the development of Keels, Hulks, and Cogs, the ships of Medieval Europe. Includes diagrams, illustrations, and explanations.

Peter the Great. This prince is one of the most extraordinary figures in history. As a boy he showed a great eagerness for knowledge in departments which were not generally attractive to the members of royal families. He cared nothing...

Rear admiral Stringham, born in Middletown, Orange County, N. Y., November 7th, 1798; died in brooklyn, N. Y., February 7th, 1876. He entered the Navy as a midshipman, November 15, 1809, and was in continuous service up to the breaking...