#Sailors

Dr. Isaac

wammiri

Thread of Date Locations in Lagos, also perfect for this festive period. Rufus and bee - This is just the perfect place for a fun filled first date. Although it's

Dr. Craig Considine

CraigCons

1. The 1st chapter of a new book, "Muslims in America: Examining the Facts," tackles the following question: "Did Muslims explore the Americas before Christopher Columbus 'discovered' the 'New World'"?

Open Ocean Exploration

RebeccaRHelm

Here is a thread of soothing sea creatures... Lawrence Scheele https://bit.ly/3rZNwus Blue buttons have the whimsical scientific name Porpita poprita They float on the ocean's surface, which covers

History Under Your Feet

HistorifyNow

#TodayInHistory The Naval Ratings Mutiny begins in 1946, as Indian naval officers, sailors revolt against the British, in one of the biggest challenges ever they faced. A forgotten mutiny that

Laurence Cox #RiseUp4Rojava

ceesa_ma

A bit of debate on Irish Twitter today about #Ireland and #Empire, so I wanted to dig into how this worked through the life of one poor Irish emigrant...https://roarmag.org/?p=58657 This

Hugh Howey

hughhowey

A THREAD ABOUT SAILING ACROSS VAST DISTANCES ALONE I'm lying here on my sailboat in New Caledonia, having just sailed 800 miles across from Australia, and I figured I'd share

Alex Deane

ajcdeane

This is instalment 11 of #deanehistory. It’s one of my favourite stories from the 2nd World War, & one of the most unlikely.Portugal’s neutrality was important to us. They permitted

Robert Breedlove

Breedlove22

1/17. In my latest writing "#Bitcoin and Hope," I explore how Bitcoin is restoring hope for the world by empowering the value systems of entrepreneurs who “lead us from

The Cat From Greece

acatfromgreece

10 December 1941 was one of the blackest days in the history of the Royal Navy.Through a combination of strategic miscalculations and tactical errors, the battleship HMS Prince of Wales

Brian Scott Edwards

brianedwardsmd

1/ #Revolution. I was shocked how close @VP Pence was almost caught by @POTUS red hats last week. I believe Lenin's October revolution was also successful with a small group

Richard Hanania

RichardHanania

CIA for years dropped anti-communist agents into Eastern Europe where they were immediately captured and killed. The alcoholic CIA official responsible for giving the coordinates away was promoted to head

Troy

troyangular

25 June is the International #DayoftheSeafarer.Normally this day is for raising awareness of what seafarers do & the sacrifices we make to keep the world turning. But this year is

Aske Laursen Brock

askebrock

Did descendants of Dutch migrants on Amager (DK) marry amongst themselves to a degree it influenced their fecundity? In 1759, the 63-year-old bailiff of the Dutch parish Store Magleby, Jacob

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

This is the work of African American photographer, Alvin Baltrop (1948-2004). Alvin photographed the gay community at the piers lining Manhattan’s west side in the 1970s. Pier 48 was then

Canadian Forces in 🇺🇸

CAFinUS

This tree from Nova Scotia is now in Boston Common.The Nova Scotians send one every year.Why? It's December, 1917. Canada has been at war for more than three years. But

audi- #1 commie louis stan 🍍

hazsunflowerlou

fun thread on louis/harry/rbb/sbb and queer history from your local women, gender, and sexuality studies major! for context, you should read my first thread on queer history where I talked

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