Archive Results For: Pacific
Thomas Cavendish’s Visit to Puná Island in 1587
In 1587 Thomas Cavendish reached Puná Island, Ecuador, where he planned to overhaul his fleet and replenish his supplies. This article describes the visit to the island, the surprise attack by Spanish soldiers and the eventual departure towards Mexico. Most discussions rely only on two English primary sources for Cavendish’s circumnavigation: N. H.’s account in […] Read More
Filed under: Other (Early Modern) | Pacific
Subjects include: Science & Exploration
Thomas Cavendish’s Visit to Puná Island in 1587
In 1587 Thomas Cavendish reached Puná Island, Ecuador, where he planned to overhaul his fleet and replenish his supplies. This article describes the visit to the island, the surprise attack by Spanish soldiers and the eventual departure towards Mexico. Most discussions rely only on two English primary sources for Cavendish’s circumnavigation: N. H.’s account in […] Read More
Filed under: Other (Early Modern) | Pacific
Subjects include: Battles & Tactics | Strategy & Diplomacy
Note: Richard Mount, London Shipowner
There were complications for the owner of shares, like Mount who owned shares in a series of large commercial sailing vessels. Read More
Filed under: Atlantic | Other (Nineteenth C) | Pacific
Subjects include: Merchant Marines
At War with the Navy
The small ships taken up by the Australian navy were of small account to the navy but of far more importance to their owners. These case studies reveal the local implications of such dealings. Read More
Filed under: Other (Twentieth C) | Pacific
Subjects include: Leisure & Small Craft
Note: At War with the Navy
Small civilian craft were taken up by the Australian navy during the Second World War, and this account details the experiences of some of them. Read More
Filed under: WW2 | Pacific
Subjects include: Leisure & Small Craft
Steamships of the Russian-American Company, 1839–1867
This article analyses the development of steamship construction and the operation of steamships in the former Russian colonies in Alaska in 1838–67. This aspect of the economy of Russian America proceeded with the active co-operation of representatives of the United States and their technical support. The first steamship Nikolai I was completed in 1839 at Novo-Arkhangel’sk. The […] Read More
Filed under: Other (Nineteenth C) | Pacific
Subjects include: Merchant Marines | Science & Exploration | Shipbuilding & Design
NOTE: Student Strikebreakers: The 1934 West Coast waterfront strikes and the SS Mariposa
The West Coast strike by longshoremen which affected all shipping was broken by students from college or university. This is a personal account of the cruise of SS Mariposa, crewed by student strikebreakers. Read More
Filed under: Mutiny & Discipline | Other (Twentieth C) | Pacific
Subjects include: Manpower & Life at Sea | Merchant Marines
Note: Student Strikebreakers: The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike and the SS Mariposa
An unusual account of the students who broke the waterfront strike on the West Coast in 1934. Read More
Filed under: Mutiny & Discipline | Other (Twentieth C) | Pacific
Subjects include: Merchant Marines
Fact and fiction: What happened at Pabellon de Pica and Huanillos on 9 May 1877?
A careful unpicking of the fact and fiction behind the ‘eyewitness’ account of the tsunami. Read More
Filed under: Other (Nineteenth C) | Shipwrecks | Pacific
Subjects include: Manpower & Life at Sea
Note: Fact and Fiction: What happened at Pabellón de Pica and Huanillos on 9 May 1877?
The striking eyewitness accounts of shipwreck are examined and the truth separated from the very good story. Read More
Filed under: Other (Nineteenth C) | Shipwrecks | Pacific
Subjects include: Manpower & Life at Sea | Merchant Marines | Ship Handling & Seamanship