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This month’s featured article looks at a failed expedition to cross the Atlantic by the lawer, printer and dramatist John Rastell, in the reign of Henry VIII.

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Historic Ships

The Society for Nautical Research played a leading role in the preservation of HMS Victory and other historic vessels.

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Portrait of Sir Francis Drake to Be Auctioned

June 2018

A portrait of Sir Francis Drake, the great Elizabethan seafarer, is among leading works at Bonhams Old Masters Sale in London on Wednesday 4th July Painted by an unknown artist from the Anglo-Dutch School, believed possibly to date from the mid-1570s, it is estimated it will fetch £300,000-500,000. The portrait has recently been loaned on exhibition at […] Read More

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Maritime Art

The Society for Nautical Research helps to purchase important works of art.