> Throughout history there have been seagoing robbers called pirates. > The word pirate comes from an ancient Greek word that means \"to > attack." Pirates got their name because they attacked...
The sea battle that saved England
This drawing, made in 1590, pictures the first attack against the Spanish Armada. Leaving Plymouth (upper right), the English ships sailed in two groups. One group went south and the other zig-zagged...
The age of exploration
> early globe, made about 1525 About five hundred years ago, sailors from different parts of Europe began to make voyages of exploration. At first, they made short trips south, along the coast of...
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The dragon-ship sailors Seaward bound on a joyous journey. Over breaking billows, with bellying sail And a foamy beak, like a flying bird The ship sped on. .. . These lines are from a poem written...
Sailors of the South Sea
This is a copy of the kind of ship in which the Polynesians sailed the Pacific Ocean more than two thousand years ago. Most of the sailors who first explored the Mediterranean Sea were looking for...
War on the water
The Greek leader, Themistocles (thuh tuh kleez), knew that the Persian fleet had to be defeated. The Persian army would then be without supplies or reinforcements. But how could he get the Persian...
Sea traders
Eight thousand years ago, a small, crude ship headed toward a little village on the coast of the land we now call Greece. The men on the ship were in high spirits. They had something very valuable,...
The first sea voyagers
For prehistoric people, the sea was a place where plenty of food could be found. They could wade in shallow water along the shore to gather clams and other shellfish. But they must certainly have...
Rivers in the sea
> Ocean tides are caused mainly by the pull of the moon's gravity. High > tide occurs directly below the moon and, at the same time, on the > opposite side of the earth. The earth turns halfway...
