Curated category
Maritime folklore
- Moby-DickHerman Melville signed on as a green hand for the maiden voyage of the whaler Acushnet on the 30th of December 1840. This five-year journey provided the raw…
- Francis DrakeFrancis Drake was born at Crowndale Farm in Tavistock, Devon, England. His birth date remains uncertain, though estimates place it around 1540 or 1541 based…