All posts tagged "British Royal Navy"
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52.8KMassachusettsDon Pedro, The Last True Pirate To Raid the Atlantic
Don Pedro, the handsome, ruthless Spanish pirate, apparently didn’t get the memo in 1832 that piracy was over in the Atlantic Ocean....
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10.2K1New England PlacesSix Breathtaking National Natural Landmarks
New England can claim 57 National Natural Landmarks of the 599 listed throughout the country. The six-state region has a wealth of ...
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8.4K2Crime and ScandalThe Mysterious 1852 Voyage of the Arabian, the Fastest Clipper Ship in Maine
In 1852 James Hinds, a ship builder in Calais, Maine, launched the fastest clipper ship ever built in the state. He’d built...
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10.3K5MassachusettsThe Nightingale of Boston and the Last Gasps of the American Slave Trade
In early spring of 1861, the Nightingale of Boston set sail for Liverpool. She carried grain, bread and barrels, broken down for...
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35.3K1MaineMexico, Maine? Rome, Maine? How Maine Place Names Came To Be
Many Maine place names are not like the rest of New England’s, with Bristols and Yarmouths and Portsmouths named after counterparts in England....
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29.0K7ConnecticutHow New England Towns Got Their Place Names
Sometimes when you hear a place name, you’re pretty sure it’s somewhere in New England. The region’s distinct history left it with...
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