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Your latest grand colonial Adventure has arrived!
This video tells the violent, tragic, deadly voyage of the American sealing ship General Gates.
American captain Riggs smuggled Convicts out of Sydney and took them to New Zealand. There, the convicts soon wished they had stayed in Australia as they met abuse at the hands of the Yankee captain and death (and cannibalism) at the hands of the Maori.
Cockney thieves, escaped convicts, Melvillesque Yankees, adventurous seaman and Maori warriors; what more do you want?! Watch it now!
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British sea power was not great because of the intrinsic qualities of the country.
Rather the country invested time and resources in becoming a maritime state. Britain chose, and worked for, greatness.
When we took it for granted we lost it.
This lesson is vital.
How about this for toe-to-toe.
Battle of Boston Harbour
38-gun HMS Shannon versus 38-gun USS Chesapeake.
British victory.
Mind you, I fully respect the US naval achievement in the War of 1812, they were the underdog and made a good showing for the opening phase of the war
Every time I see something like this about the British Navy i think about the fact that the US Navy went toe-to-toe with them in the War of 1812 with like six frigates and a bunch of privateers and it got so bad that the British admiralty forbade ships from engaging American frigates unless they had a two to one advantage.
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US frigate victories in 1812 were isolated single-ship actions against detached British vessels while most of the Royal Navy fought France; the Admiralty later directed against single engagements with larger US ships.
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The death of Nelson and the death of Wolfe, both by the American painter Benjamin West.
The similarity is not by chance. Wolfe was one of Nelson's personal heroes. There is a story, by no means definitely true, that Nelson actually met West and discussed the Wolfe painting:
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HMS Africa after fighting half of the Franco-Spanish fleet solo at Trafalgar (and won):
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Nelson’s prayer before Trafalgar. The last record, but one, that he made in his diary.
“May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory; and may no misconduct in anyone tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet. For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me, and may His blessing alight on my endeavours for serving my country faithfully. To Him I resign myself, and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen, Amen, Amen.”
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The British Empire was the triumph of man over the tyranny of distance.
'Now the moment was fast advancing which was to Decide wether the Boasted Herosum of France and Spain or the Ginene Valour of free Born Britains was to Rule the Main . . . Death or Victory was the Gineral Resolution of our Ships Crew.' - James Martin, able seaman on the Neptune
Happy Trafalgar Day!
I'm looking for a free version of this film but I love the idea that all white people can be called "Captain Cook" in northern Australia, I hope that is still the case.
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Rally against the sale of Hyde Park Barracks Paddington UPDATE! New location -please share
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On this day in 1827 a combined British, Russian and French fleet under the command of British admiral Edward Codrington defeated the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Navarino in the Ionian Sea, bringing the independence of Greece from Turkish rule one step closer.
The Australian Aboriginal oral history of Captain Cook in Northern Territory...a place Captain Cook never visited.
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#OTD 18 Oct 1880, The Times publishes a letter from Charles Boycott. The chain of events that it began would introduce a new word into the English language…
'Though they are members of a civilized society, they may in some measure be looked upon as a body of uncivilized men, rough, passionate, revengeful, but likewise brave, sincere, and true to each other.'
- German Scientist George Forster speaking of the English sailor
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Real images of human beings, from the Revolutionary War, seen by human eyes, processed by human brains, and drawn by human hands, are infinitely more valuable than AI produced images could ever be.
An American Rifleman, drawn by British officer Richard Mansergh St. George. 1/
