This great site offers information about the Chesapeake Bay, its history, people and it's stories. "Tour" the museum to find interesting information.

This site provides a discussion from the University of Calgary of the extensive maritime voyages taken during the Ming dynasty. A map is included.

For this activity, students conduct an experiment to investigate how difficult it is to clean up an oil spill. There is a comprehensive list of observation questions for students to respond to.

Find out about human interaction with the world's oceans through education support activities in the fields of ocean exploration, research, and education.

Read an article about Queen Elizabeth I regarding her glorious 45-year reign.

Listen to the oral histories of four men and one woman who worked in America's shipyards and aboard her cargo ships during World War II to keep American armed forces supplied with machinery and ammunition.

Inquiry into the origins of the magnetic compass and how it came to and was used in Europe.

Illustrated essay on the abolition of slavery in Britain.

Learn about Christopher Columbus's reason for sailing west instead of east. Also, discover what he found on his voyages and his return journeys.

According to this very interesting article, it seems that the United States was just as culpable as Great Britain when it came to impressing sailors to serve on their ships. Read about the story of Charles Davis, a British citizen, who...

"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia, and Africa are also represented. The collection...

Set sail with the Vikings. Tour the Danish Viking Ship Museum site for ships, maritime crafts and learn about ship reconstruction.

A map from 1921 of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia) showing the electoral districts, major cities, towns and ports, existing and proposed railways, terrain and coastal features,...

A map from 1922 of the Canadian Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, with an inset map of Newfoundland. The map shows the provincial capitals of Fredericton (New Brunswick), Halifax (Nova Scotia),...

A map from 1920 of the Canadian Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, with an inset map of Newfoundland. The map shows the county boundaries within the provinces, the provincial capitals of...

A map from 1914 of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, including New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The map shows the county divisions, provincial capitals of Fredericton (New Brunswick), Halifax (Nova Scotia), and...

A map from 1920 of the Canadian Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, and the southern portion of Quebec from Montreal to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Anticosti Island. The map shows the provincial...

A map exercise from 1872 showing the comparative size of the Canadian Maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edwards Island, and Nova Scotia with an outline of Kansas (dashed line) overlain at the same map scale. This image is...

A map from 1920 of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, including New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The map shows the county divisions and capitals, the provincial capitals of Fredericton (New Brunswick), Halifax (Nova...

Maritime Fountain at Place de la Concorde (Paris)

Lighthouse at National Maritime Museum (Sydney)

Maritime Museum and the 'Amsterdam'

National Maritime Museum (Sydney)

Maritime Museum (Stockholm)