The U.S. Postal Service issued the schooner stamped card today at the Minnesota Stamp Expo. This new stamped card features a ...

At the height of the Spanish empire, the Manila galleon turned Acapulco into a hub for the entire world's trade networks.

For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...

Crew aboard Spanish trading ships departing from Manila may have introduced techniques for distilling coconut sap – helping ...

These businessmen successfully navigated the grey zones of contraband, clandestine trade and smuggling from Youghal to Havana ...

Crossing the Atlantic in the 1700s was no easy feat. The fastest ships could make the voyage in as little as a month, but for ...

An 18th-century wooden boat was recently unearthed beneath the seabed in Dubrovnik's Old Town harbor, adding to Europe's vessel-related discoveries this year.

Before there were prisons in this country, we had what were known as ‘Houses of Correction’.  These were established in the late 16th century as places for the punishment and reform, through hard ...

Hotel Bethlehem has earned recognition for its collection of roughly 90-year-old murals, all created by a Pennsylvania ...

Last Updated on July 14, 2025 by Matt Staff The 1800s were a turning point in the history of firearms. As empires expanded ...

The wreck of a German steamship sunk at the end of World War II found by divers, with the crates on board the submerged vessel holding the precious furnishings of the lost 18th century Amber Room, ...

When famed pirates overtook a Portuguese ship in 1721 once laden with treasure (now valued over $138 million), the battle ...