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Scientific Revolution in Maritime Sphere
(Naval Architecture, Shipbuilding, Navigation, Hydrography...)


1803 - Half-Success for the Dundas & Symington Steam Tug
Charlotte Dundas The duet composed of Thomas Laurence Dundas, Baron Dundas, 62, & William Symington, an engineer, 39, undeterred by the...
Luc CHAMBON
Jun 302 min read
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1843 - Sumner’s Method of Celestial Navigation
Sumner's Manual Captain Thomas Hubbard Sumner publishes a New and Accurate Method of Finding a Ship’s Position at Sea . This is the fruit...
Luc CHAMBON
Apr 222 min read
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1837 - A Fortunate Incident of Navigation
Captain Thomas Hubbard Sumner, 30 years old, commanding the sailing ship Cabot , travelling from Charleston, Virginia, to Greenock,...
Luc CHAMBON
Apr 222 min read
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1838 - Shellfire on Trial
Charles Baudin Admiral Charles Baudin, 54 years old, achieves to silence the strong fortress which defends Vera Cruz, considered as...
Luc CHAMBON
Apr 213 min read
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1838 - Crossing the Atlantic Ocean under Steam
SS Sirius Two steamships (or SS in short), Sirius and Great Western , simultaneously cross the Atlantic Ocean from Cork in Ireland for...
Luc CHAMBON
Apr 204 min read
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1818 - First Regular Transatlantic Packet Line
Line Ticket The Wright, Thompson, Marshall & Thompson Line, founded last year, has opened the first regular service between New York and...
Luc CHAMBON
Apr 204 min read
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