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Top Image: Pirates in a tavern (smile4u/Adobe Stock) — 29 May 2023

Fine Dining With The Pirates Of The Caribbean

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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Caribbean cuisine was certainly founded by pirates. Images of filibusters as ragamuffins gnawing bugs in some cell, or perhaps scraping the bottom of some barrel adrift in the Caribbean, hunting for prey, or that of pirates getting drunk in front...
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Top Image: Pirates in a tavern (smile4u/Adobe Stock) — 29 May 2023

Fine Dining With The Pirates Of The Caribbean

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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Caribbean cuisine was certainly founded by pirates. Images of filibusters as ragamuffins gnawing bugs in some cell, or perhaps scraping the bottom of some barrel adrift in the Caribbean, hunting for prey, or that of pirates getting drunk in front...
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Blackwall Yard from the Thames by Francis Holman (1784) (Public Domain) — 05 Apr 2023

Plain Sailing: Shapes And Speed In Historic Naval Designs

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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During the 1700s, European naval studies were decisive and very important, so much so that espionage by Spain and France against England for military and naval purposes alone had become a real scourge. The designers of the time had succeeded in...
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Blackwall Yard from the Thames by Francis Holman (1784) (Public Domain) — 05 Apr 2023

Plain Sailing: Shapes And Speed In Historic Naval Designs

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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During the 1700s, European naval studies were decisive and very important, so much so that espionage by Spain and France against England for military and naval purposes alone had become a real scourge. The designers of the time had succeeded in...
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Naval Intelligence, Navy, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon, Espionage, Juan Santacilia, Count De Maurepas — 03 Mar 2023

Two Centuries Of Naval Espionage In Europe

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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The crucial role of intelligence among the various royal navies of Europe during the 17th and the 18th centuries cannot be underestimated. Since naval warfare was a very powerful weapon during these centuries, as indeed it is today, it is no...
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Naval Intelligence, Navy, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon, Espionage, Juan Santacilia, Count De Maurepas — 03 Mar 2023

Two Centuries Of Naval Espionage In Europe

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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The crucial role of intelligence among the various royal navies of Europe during the 17th and the 18th centuries cannot be underestimated. Since naval warfare was a very powerful weapon during these centuries, as indeed it is today, it is no...
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The scene on the Plymouth Hoe when captains play bowls as the Spanish Armada comes into view by John Seymour Lucas (1880) (Public Domain) — 07 Nov 2022

The Protestant Wind That Scattered The Spanish Armada 1588

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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There had never been such good blood between Spain and England as in the mid-16th century. However, in the last quarter of this century relations between Philip II of Spain (also known as 'Philip the Prudent') and Elizabeth I (also known as 'The...
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The scene on the Plymouth Hoe when captains play bowls as the Spanish Armada comes into view by John Seymour Lucas (1880) (Public Domain) — 07 Nov 2022

The Protestant Wind That Scattered The Spanish Armada 1588

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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There had never been such good blood between Spain and England as in the mid-16th century. However, in the last quarter of this century relations between Philip II of Spain (also known as 'Philip the Prudent') and Elizabeth I (also known as 'The...
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Battle of Cape Finisterre October 1747 by Pierre-Julien Gilbert - Palais du Luxembourg, Paris (Public Domain) — 14 Sep 2022

Battle Stations – Acceleration Of Naval Design In The 18th to 19th Centuries

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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Modern naval history is considered to have commenced in 1616, but the ensuing century between 1715 and 1820 marked an era not only of geopolitical change, but also a time when oceans were turned into battlefields and navies were required to...
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Battle of Cape Finisterre October 1747 by Pierre-Julien Gilbert - Palais du Luxembourg, Paris (Public Domain) — 14 Sep 2022

Battle Stations – Acceleration Of Naval Design In The 18th to 19th Centuries

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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Modern naval history is considered to have commenced in 1616, but the ensuing century between 1715 and 1820 marked an era not only of geopolitical change, but also a time when oceans were turned into battlefields and navies were required to...
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A Centenary Of Modern Naval History 1616 to 1716 — 17 Sep 2021

A Centenary Of Modern Naval History 1616 to 1716

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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History is composed not only of facts, but also of dates and if one needs to pinpoint a chronological beginning to what is considered modern naval history, historians and naval experts all agree on 1616. It was precisely in 1616 that the Portuguese...
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A Centenary Of Modern Naval History 1616 to 1716 — 17 Sep 2021

A Centenary Of Modern Naval History 1616 to 1716

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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History is composed not only of facts, but also of dates and if one needs to pinpoint a chronological beginning to what is considered modern naval history, historians and naval experts all agree on 1616. It was precisely in 1616 that the Portuguese...
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Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada; the Apothecaries painting, sometimes attributed to Nicholas Hilliard. (Public Domain) — 16 Jul 2021

Galleons, Stallions Of The Seas

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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The 17th-century was of fundamental importance for everything related to naval design in the centuries to follow. In the 1600s a vessel called a galleon, took center stage in international maritime traffic; however, this type of ship already...
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Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada; the Apothecaries painting, sometimes attributed to Nicholas Hilliard. (Public Domain) — 16 Jul 2021

Galleons, Stallions Of The Seas

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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The 17th-century was of fundamental importance for everything related to naval design in the centuries to follow. In the 1600s a vessel called a galleon, took center stage in international maritime traffic; however, this type of ship already...
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East Indiaman Kent battling Confiance, a privateer vessel commanded by French corsair Robert Surcouf in October 1800 by Ambroise Louis Garneray. (Public Domain) — 08 Mar 2021

Buccaneers’ Brimstone, Booty, Brotherhood and Betel Nut

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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The goal of a pirate of the West Indies was to capture his prey, with as little damage as possible, so that he could resell the vessel, including its cargo and crew. Therefore generally, the freebooters rarely used cannons to capture a vessel, so...
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East Indiaman Kent battling Confiance, a privateer vessel commanded by French corsair Robert Surcouf in October 1800 by Ambroise Louis Garneray. (Public Domain) — 08 Mar 2021

Buccaneers’ Brimstone, Booty, Brotherhood and Betel Nut

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

0

The goal of a pirate of the West Indies was to capture his prey, with as little damage as possible, so that he could resell the vessel, including its cargo and crew. Therefore generally, the freebooters rarely used cannons to capture a vessel, so...
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Pirate Ship. ( neillockhart / Adobe) — 05 Feb 2021

Hostis Humani Generis: Pirates Of Port Royal And Tortuga

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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The history of piracy has always held the imagination captive, both for what concerns the nautical and its techniques and for the geopolitical landscape it occupied. Its origins spring from the times of the ancient Egyptians to the Romans, up to...
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Pirate Ship. ( neillockhart / Adobe) — 05 Feb 2021

Hostis Humani Generis: Pirates Of Port Royal And Tortuga

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

0

The history of piracy has always held the imagination captive, both for what concerns the nautical and its techniques and for the geopolitical landscape it occupied. Its origins spring from the times of the ancient Egyptians to the Romans, up to...
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Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt by Peter Paul Rubens, (1616) (Public Domain) — 22 Apr 2020

Ancient Sharks and Crocodiles’ Nemesis: Man

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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Since ancient times, people have feared sharks and crocodiles. But how long have these two species actually been on earth and how did they evolve? Crocodiles and sharks have one thing in common: the fact that they have remained completely unchanged...
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Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt by Peter Paul Rubens, (1616) (Public Domain) — 22 Apr 2020

Ancient Sharks and Crocodiles’ Nemesis: Man

By Aaronne Colagrossi

History & Tradition

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Since ancient times, people have feared sharks and crocodiles. But how long have these two species actually been on earth and how did they evolve? Crocodiles and sharks have one thing in common: the fact that they have remained completely unchanged...
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