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In the Pages of Sea History 180
Here’s what’s in the pages of Sea History 180: 2022 National Maritime Historical Society Annual Awards Dinner NMHS returns to the New York Yacht Club to honor four outstanding…
Jessica MacFarlane Appointed Executive Director of NMHS
The Board of Trustees of the National Maritime Historical Society is pleased to announce the appointment of Jessica MacFarlane as the organization’s new Executive Director, effective 1 September 2022. Ms….
In the Pages of Sea History 179
Here’s what’s in the pages of Sea History 179: National Marine Sanctuaries at 50!, by John Galluzzo, introduction by Elizabeth Moore This year the Marine Sanctuary system is celebrating fifty…
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In the Pages of Sea History 180
Here’s what’s in the pages of Sea History 180: 2022 National Maritime Historical Society Annual Awards Dinner NMHS returns to the New York Yacht Club to honor four outstanding…
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Caribbean Monk Seal
By Richard King During his 2nd voyage to the Caribbean aboard the Niña in 1494, Christopher Columbus visited an island just south of what is today the Dominican Republic. Columbus’s son wrote that his father “anchored at a small island that he named Alta Vela [Tall Sail]; and having lost sight of the other two…
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