by Reece Rheinbach | Jan 18, 2017 | Africa, Oceans, Sailing and Marine
In the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, wild pirates and buccaneers ruled the seas. They sailed the seas in pirated galleons, took what the pleased from trade vessels of any country, and were famed for their brutality and ruthlessness. Pirates were wanted men. There was...
by Reece Rheinbach | Dec 27, 2016 | Inaccessible Places, Oceans
Point Nemo. For me, this evocative name conjures images of nautical adversity, sea monsters, galleon ships, the Captain in Jules Verne’s ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’ and of submarining and the age of oceanic exploration. The word “Nemo” is Latin, meaning...
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