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Port Republic Historic District is a national historic district located at Port Republic, Rockingham County, Virginia.The district encompasses 45 contributing buildings and 62 contributing sites in the village of Port Republic.
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
At the northeastern extremity of North Sound, north of Guiana Island, are the Galley Islands, which includes Great Bird Island, Hells Gate Island, Red Head Island, Exchange Island, Rabbit Island, and Lobster Island. The majority of the Galley Islands are centered on Great Bird Island, the largest island and one that is located the farthest from ...
Liyue Tan, a maritime feature in the Spratly Islands Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Liyue .
Maritime history is the broad overarching subject that includes fishing, whaling, international maritime law, naval history, the history of ships, ship design, shipbuilding, the history of navigation, the history of the various maritime-related sciences (oceanography, cartography, hydrography, etc.), sea exploration, maritime economics and ...
The galley built at the direction of Brigadier General Benedict Arnold at Skenesborough, New York, in 1776 for a fleet intended to impede British advance southward on Lake Champlain. Joining Arnold's fleet on 6 October 1776, Congress , and her crew of 80, served as flagship during the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, fought on 11 ...
Province Galley was replaced in 1705 by a ship of the same name that was launched on April 2 of that year; being much larger in design, she mounted twenty-four guns and had a seventy-four foot keel. Southack continued to command Province Galley, including during the unsuccessful siege of Port Royal in 1707. She ceased active service in 1717.
Gwyn claimed to discover Gwynn's Island in c. 1611. [6] According to legend, Gwynn saved Pocahontas from a sinking canoe near the island. [7] At a January 1624 muster, Hugh Wing was listed as aged 30 years. [2] In 1635, Gwyn petitioned King Charles I for ownership of the island and in 1640 was given 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2). [8]