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Friday, 28 August 2015

An indecisive naval battle, a farcical aftermath, the guillotine and a “Citizen King”

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France’s entry into the American War of Independence was to prove a critical factor is assuring the survival of the United States. It did s...
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Tuesday, 25 August 2015

A Sultan’s wooden palace – and a mystery gun!

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I’m still in Northern Malaysia and today I saw not only one of the most unique – and beautiful – buildings I’ve ever seen but found also wh...
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Friday, 21 August 2015

Penang – the German naval connection

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Fort Cornwallis today In my blog last week I described Fort Cornwallis, at Georgetown, the main city on the island of Penang off the we...
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Tuesday, 18 August 2015

Malaysia – an Otter, Colonial Buildings, Karst Landscape and Tin Wars

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My last blog dealt with some experiences in Penang, the island off the Malaysian west coast which was the first British settlement in South...
Tuesday, 11 August 2015

The Birth of Weather Forecasting: The "Royal Charter Storm" of 1859

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Today that concept of weather forecasting is regarded as an integral aspect of news reporting but in the mid-nineteenth century that concep...
Friday, 7 August 2015

Naval Artists of the 18th Century – Part 5

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In earlier articles in this occasional series we have met artists – such as Thomas Luny and Richard Paton – who had experience of life at...
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Tuesday, 4 August 2015

The ramming of HMS Prince George by HMS Hannibal 1903

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For some five decades from 1866, when the naval battle of Lissa, when victory was secured by the Austro-Hungarian fleet over its Italian en...