Maritime History is a vast topic and has inspired people in many ways.

Read about ship design, ancient lighthouses, and the “Nantucket Camel.”

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America’s Cup Race Sea History 116: page 32

Astrolabe Sea History 112: page 22

“Beacons and Buoys, Aids to Navigation” Sea History 126: page 36

Canal locks Sea History 111: page 28

Codebreaking in WWI Sea History 106: page 26

“Davy Jones’s Locker vs. Fiddler’s Green” Fiddlers Green Sea History 122: page 39

“Hot from the Galley” Foods from the Age of Sail Sea History 119: page 23

Fresnel lens Sea History 113: page 21

Knot Tying Sea History 109: page 21

Lighthouse at Alexandria Sea History 113: page 20

“Nantucket Camel” Sea History 108: page 23

Nautical Terms: “Everyday Speech from Sailors of Yesterday” Sea History 121: page 37

Sea History 119: page 23

Sea History 117: page 31

Sea History 116: page 33

Navigation Sea History 120: page 23 Sea History 112: page 22

“Old Ironsides” poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sea History 120: page 22

Sail-powered Railroad Sea History 108: page 22

Sails: Getting to Windward Sea History 118: page 33

“Sea Fever” poem by John Masefield Sea History 111: page 26

Sou’wester Sea History 128: page 41

“Trees for Wooden Ships” Sea History 119: page 22