Links

Useful links

Marco Ramerini’s excellent colonial history website

Author, historian, voyager; my mate Ian Burnet

Want to tour the Spice Islands by boat?

Royal Armouries

Sydney’s Historic Fleet

The US Artilleryman magazine

Going diving on Banda?

Moleiro Antique map & atlas facsimiles

Great Antique maps

The UK Ordnance Society for artillery

The Royal Armouries

How to sail on the Duyfken

US Coast Defence Study Group

UK Fortress Study Group

Lonely Planet tour guides

The Hakuyt Society; a broad series of historic accounts

Great small fleet of Spanish replica ships you can sail on

A really amazing historic map collection

Recent Posts:

vienna globe museum

The Vienna Globe Museum

A visit to the world’s largest collection of historic globes.

hoorn sculptures

The legendary port of Hoorn

An old Dutch port that gave its name to the most feared Cape in sailing history.

samudera museum

How did Sumatra get its name?

The great island has been called many names throughout history. How did Sumatra stick?

Piri Reis 1513 World Map

Tragic Lost Maps No. 2: The Piri Reis World Map 1513

The story of the glorious Piri Reis World Map of 1513, only a small section of which remains.