This text-based game seems a bit short (~60,000 words), but the subject matter is right up my alley. #videogames #ageofsail
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@samhawken.bsky.socialThis text-based game seems a bit short (~60,000 words), but the subject matter is right up my alley. #videogames #ageofsail
@philipkallan.bsky.socialHawke's fleet at Spithead in 1759 by American artist Mark Myers
They will go on to defeat the French at the battle of Quiberon Bay, the most decisive naval engagement before Nelson, fought in a gale on a dangerous lee shore.
@philipkallan.bsky.socialThe latest issue of Quarterdeck is out. It’s free and can be found by following this link.
@philipkallan.bsky.socialGrand Harbour Valetta in Malta – photo c1863
I’m just back from a research trip to Malta for my next book. Grand Harbour's defences seems little changed, although cruise ships now take the place of the Royal Navy’s Mediterranean Fleet.
@gusclaw.bsky.socialWelcome to Dublin ARC Gloria in all your three masted steel hulled magnificence This folks is the actual flagship of the Columbian navy #AgeofSail
@thoscochrane.bsky.social@thoscochrane.bsky.socialIt is indeed absolute absurd that there is no great memorial to Cochrane in Edinburgh
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #AgeOfSail #EarlOfDundonald #RoyalNavy #MaritimeHistory #Edinburgh #TheScotsman
@thoscochrane.bsky.social
@dogtreestudios.itch.ioHere's this month book update! #author #ships #ageofsail #sailing #books
@thoscochrane.bsky.socialGreat podcast episode; fast forward to ca. 35:00 for Peter Moore Writer talking about Thomas Cochrane
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #MaritimeHistory #books
@philipkallan.bsky.socialNew York City Docks - c1900s photo taken by Paul W Faust
Most of the world’s great ports would have looked similar at the time, with forests of masts.
@thoscochrane.bsky.socialA DANGEROUS GAME-THOMAS COCHRANE’S LIFE ON THE EDGE by Peter Moore.
Get a signed copy!
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #MaritimeHistory #books
#TheRealMasterAndCommander
@gusclaw.bsky.socialTrio of beautiful 3 masters moored Liffeyside today, wonderful echoes of the golden age of sail always remind me of the opening lines of Moby Dick '.....nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.' #Dublin #ageofsail
@philipkallan.bsky.socialThe Down Easter Henry B. Hyde, San Francisco Bay, by American artist Christopher Blossom.
She looks to be passing the place where the Golden Gate will one day be built.
@philipkallan.bsky.social The Rescue by 19th century Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky
#Ageofsail #Sea #ships
