Some maritime disasters unfolded directly in front of cameras, capturing terrifying moments of panic, flooding, collapse, and death in real time. Massive ships tilted violently as passengers and crew ...

Graph illustrating the stark increase in global trade (exports and imports) in the late 1800s, with an exponential increase (dashed colored line) becoming particularly marked by circa 1980. Numbers ...

He commissioned the Vasa to be built with two gun decks, 64 bronze cannons and a crew of 450 men. On 10 August 1628 the ship set sail on its maiden voyage, but only a few metres offshore, as everyone ...