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A British-born artist who lived and worked in the Boston area, John Stobart's meticulously researched paintings of 19th-century harbors and tall ships earned him a reputation as one of the world’s foremost maritime painters.
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Journalist David Grann happened upon the tale of the HMS Wager, which wrecked off Chile in 1741 during a treasure-hunting mission. A few dozen people survived, and it was one castaway's journal that gripped him. The story, Grann says, is “a story about the disintegration of a floating civilization.”
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Journalist David Grann happened upon the tale of the HMS Wager, which wrecked off Chile in 1741 during a treasure-hunting mission. A few dozen people survived, and it was one castaway's journal that gripped him. The story, Grann says, is “a story about the disintegration of a floating civilization.”
A new novel recalls the daunting, high-seas effort to sail a ship destined for the big screen from one side of the country to the other.
The English had more ‘ship-smashing’ guns, more experienced gunners, better powder and more standardised shot. (The...