Quotes About Maritime

he would be able to turn west toward the Spice Islands;

During a watch, a ship's boy supervised the half-hourglass

but the sea yielded only a few planks broken off from Santiago's hull.

On April 4, 1581, almost seven months after his return, she strode onto the deck of the Golden Hind at Deptford

The quest began as early as 1419, when Prince Henry, the third son of João I and his English wife, Philippa

Seafaring is the most suitable occupation they can find to sustain themselves

generation earlier, Manuel's father had sent ships to intercept Columbus.

especially for those born in ports and maritime areas. This sort is the most numerous among mariners

The Ward Line paid the lowest possible wages and drove the crew as hard as it could. Ordinary seamen earned $35 a month; firemen, $52; quartermasters, $55; engine-room oilers, $60.

The ship's officers were in a substantially higher bracket. First Officer Warms earned $180 a month; Captain Wilmott, the princely sum of $300 a month. Chief Engineer Eban Abbott's paycheck was $220 a month. For that salary Abbott was expected to keep the engines running smoothly, and play his part in entertaining the passengers, particularly the women on board.

There is no greater unknown than the sea and no greater mystery than a lost ship.

China's Nine-Dashed Line was deemed an unlawful maritime claim by an arbitral tribunal convened under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention in July 2016, a position shared by the U.S. government.

Nicholas Pateshall, A Short Account of a Voyage Round the Globe in H.M.S Calcutta 1803–1804, ed. Marjorie Tipping, Queensberry Hill Press, Melbourne, 1980, 56–64.

Unlike central Europe Muscovy had little exposure to the influence of the Renaissance or the Reformation. It took no part in the maritime discoveries or the scientific revolutions of the early modern era.

I remember standing in the crow's nest as we entered the misty Panama Canal, and the strange sensation as the 4,000-ton ship rose higher and higher inside the lock.

We're going to draw a new map of the world, with French Polynesia as the centre of the Aquatic Age.

was thrilled by the manner in which the American worked his ship. With his

At one point he had covered more than seven tenths of the earth's surface.

explanation for such a one-sided transaction: "This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have just given England a maritime rival that sooner or later will lay low her pride.

Immediate reasons for Pizarro's success included military technology based on guns, steel weapons, and horses; infectious diseases endemic in Eurasia; European maritime technology; the centralized political organization of European states; and writing.

Immediate reasons for Pizarro's success included military technology based on guns, steel weapons, and horses; infectious diseases endemic in Eurasia; European maritime technology; the centralized political organization of European states; and writing. The title of this book will serve as shorthand for those proximate factors, which also enabled modern Europeans to conquer peoples of other continents.

Maritime technology coupled with political organization was similarly essential for European expansions to other continents, as well as for expansions of many other peoples.

raining a Trafalgar, too!" "Merde!" He turned to go up the ladder. At the top, he turned again. "Bien, mon chef marin, bonne chance!" "Mercy buckets, M'sieur. See you next time.

The sea has receded!' cried Stephen. 'I am amazed.' 'They tell me it does so twice a day in these parts,' said Jack. 'It is technically known as the tide.