Maritime

A famous vessel from an unfamiliar perspective.

For all its faults C.E Hamshere’s account of Francis Drake’s 16th-century circumnavigation, published in History Today in 1967, applies a historical imagination lacking in more recent studies, argues Hugh Bicheno.

A new online resource opens up possibilities for interpreting the infrastructure of the Roman world, says Jasmine Pui.

The ill-fated fortress was opened on February 14th 1938.

At Deptford, on April 4th, 1581, Francis Drake, who, during the previous autumn, had returned from his triumphant circumnavigation of the globe, knelt before Queen Elizabeth and received a knighthood

George Pendle retraces attempts by the British to seize control of Spanish colonies around the La Plata Basin, now part of Argentina and Uruguay.

T.H. McGuffe analyses the failure of Admiral Byng to relieve the besieged British forces against French onslaught.

Tom Wareham examines the role played by a legendary yet ill-fated pirate in the consolidation of England’s early trading empire.

William James assesses the tumultuous naval career of George Brydges Rodney, the British admiral first credited with the tactic of 'breaking the line'.

Sam Willis welcomes the campaign to erect a statue of Admiral Benbow in Shrewsbury, but argues that we have a responsibility to explore and understand every part of this complex character.