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…
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,…
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…
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…
