The ‘Gulf of America’ Is an Admission of Defeat
Even European home waters were named by sailors after their destination. The Irish Sea was the route from England to Ireland; ...
How the Battle of Cape St Vincent saw Horatio Nelson's elevation to the public eye
At about 1:30 p.m., Culloden and other ships, including Captain Cuthbert Collingwood (another destined to join the ‘Band of Brothers’) in HMS Excellent, were gradually overhauling the Spanish rear and ...
Mid-Atlantic preparing for possibility of 3-5 inches of snow tonight
Cities from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore and parts of Virginia are readying for snow and ice this evening as another round ...