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Our new podcast episode welcomes special guest @nikkimarmery; author of 'On Wilder Seas'! Hear about putting Maria centre-stage for the first time & navigating the facts & fictions of Drake’s circumnavigation. On all major apps including iTunes & Anchor FM https://t.co/Iav72VhiXV
Today's #FolkloreThursday is island folklore. According to myth, #Blackbeard punished a mutiny by marooning the crew on the barren Dead Chest Island in the British Virgin Islands. Each mutineer was given a bottle of rum in the hope they'd get drunk, belligerent & kill each other!
The ship's COOK must incorporate exotic ingredients as the ship visits new shores... PENGUIN anyone?! Amazingly the Golden Hinde records no diet-related casualties at all: not even the common & deadly scurvy (caused by vitamin C deficiency), what a brilliant cook! #MuseumFromHome
Swordfighting the time-honoured way... Blistering action on-deck courtesy of @FugitivesTempus. For more action; they're hosting the English Sidesword Open tournament this month with swordswomen and swordsmen from around the world! https://t.co/ex2GM5LcZn
Survivors of the #SpanishArmada shipwrecks were ordered to be killed by the English or were robbed by locals. Francisco de Cuellar's letter is a record of his experience. Of the 130 Spanish ships which sailed to England, about half returned to Spain. https://t.co/3to4bUXB6a
29 July, 1588 off the coast of Gravelines, victory for England. Having survived the English fire ships, the Armada then faced a strong attack. The Armada lost at least 4 ships, others sustained damage & sailed North. Running low on powder & shot the English fleet ceased fighting