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History of Maritime
Questions relating to the use of oceans and seas for transportation, food, and warfare.
2,489 Questions
Who was the captain of the first slave ship?
Sir John Hawkins had the dubious honor of being the first British captain to dock a slave ship in the English colonies. The year was 1619 and the place was Jamestown, VA.
An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks a question; for example: 'What is an interrogative?'
An interrogative pronoun is a word that introduces an interrogative sentence. The interrogative pronouns are: who, whom, what, which, whose.
Interrogative is an adjective that means to ask a question.
What ship did Germany sink that caused the US to join World War 1?
The Lusitania was a passenger ocean liner sunk by the Germans during World War One not World War 2. The sinking and killing of over 300 Americans, including Mr. Vanderbilt and thousands of Britons, incensed the Americans and President Wilson.
The Congress and President Wilson declared war on Germany.
What was the average speed of a pirate ship in the 1700's?
10 knots=11.5 mph, but some ships might have exceeded at 12 knots=13.8 mph.
Facts and figuers about the spanish armada?
The spanish Armada finally set sail to England on the 12th of July 1588 with 130 warships , in a formation like a crescent !
The reason they were attcking England was as follows -
Queen Elizabeth was turning Eng;and into a protestant country
Sir francis Drake was stealing many gold objects from the caholic churches in Spain
Queen Elizabeth killed Mary , Queen of Scots , who catholics thought to be the ligitamte queen of England .
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What is the Caribbean island with the second largest land area?
The second largest Caribbean island is Hispaniola, which consists of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It is 29,529 square miles. Cuba is the largest Caribbean island by size at 40,852 square miles.
The next largest after Hispaniola is a stunning 25,000 square miles smaller - Jamaica comes in third at just 4320 square miles.
In medieval times what language was the bible and church services spoken in?
The languages used by the Churches remained the same from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, Latin for the Roman Church, and Greek for the Eastern Orthodox.
The Reformation did, however, produces new language usages in the vernacular as new Churches developed. So German began to be used by Lutherans in Germany, English was used in the Anglican Church, and in Eastern Europe, new Churches were forming with their own language usages, with such languages as Russian and Slavonic being used.
Vikings drank out of skulls (not recently killed or extracted skulles, of course, but cleaned and carved-out skulls. They used wax to fillin the nose and eye and ear holes)
Vikings only went to war because they had to - their land was running out, and they needed more!
When in a battle, Vikings were feroscious and very affective.
Vikings came from Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
The Vikings were originally Pagan.
A Viking army pillaged, looted and razed an English Christian church.
The Vikings lasted from 780 to 1066.
The age that the Vikings lived in was called "The Viking Age"
Some Viking men stayed home to be Farmers.
The Vikings from Norway were the most warring of Vikings.
The Vikings from Sweden and Denmark were mostly farmers.
On the front of their boat they had a scary face (most were drangons) to scare away sea monsters.
Their sails were red and white.
Why did people like the titanic so much?
Notorious rather than famous. It was deemed unsinkable but sank on it's maiden voyage with the loss of many lives. The shipping company treatment of the families of the crew was atrocious; they ruled that from the time the Titanic started to sink the crew were no longer in theiremploy and therefore the the crews' families were not eligible for their pay or compensation.
=They are ferry boats that carried cars and people back and forth.=
Do all vikings live in longhouses?
The longhouses were built from the 1600's to the early 1800's.The vikings or The First Nations Peoples built them with manure which is simply pooh from the Adresstyes which was a animal that was a lot like the American bison or North American Buffalo.Oh i am not talking about tipies or wigwams i am talking about LONGHOUSES this was noted from the American Book of Longhouse and History.
What was the name of the ship that Napoleon surrendered on?
Aboard HMS Bellerophon, Captain Frederick Maitland Commanding.
Who accomplished the first circumnavigation of the earth?
Ferdinand Magellan's voyage was the first to sail around the world. Magellan himself died on the voyage, and only 19 of his 237 crew survived the trip.
Why did the design of the USS Maine leave it vulnerable to an internal explosion?
There were no insulated bulkheads between the Coal bunkers and the powder magazines.
Why are sailors called Limeys?
The Royal Navy fed it's sailors limes in the days of sail when voyages took much longer and refridgerators etc were not around to prevent scurvy.
What kind of soups did vikings eat?
usually soups with lots of flavor, or a lot of garlic in them. Their meats were usually
boiled as apposed to grilling over a fire. Their soups were usually containing chicken or other meats.
The term used for such people was indentured servants. Normally when their debts were paid they became free persons.
What was Americas reaction with the sinking of the Lusitania?
i believe their reaction was to cut off all trading/selling to forien countries, that or go straight to war with germany... i get them mixed up alot
What was the first transatlantic passengers steamship?
The S. S. Great Western was a steamship built specifically for transatlantic travel. It was completed at the end of March 1838, and taken out of service in December of 1846, being rebuilt between 1839 and 1840.
Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe?
The first person to circumnavigate the earth was Magellan's Basque navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano, Magellan himself was killed in the Philippines and did not complete the voyage. Elcano took command and completed the voyage Magellan began.
In fact, Magellan had travelled eastwards to the Malay Peninsula on an earlier voyage, so he became the first explorer to cross all of the meridians of the globe.
What is the top deck of a ship called?
The top deck name is contingent on the type of ship or vessel. The top deck on a cruise ship is usually called the Lido deck. The top deck on a battle ship is sometimes referred to as topside or poop deck. The poop deck got its name from the amount of birds flying overhead.
