A Royal Navy 28 gun frigate c1794

Maritime history

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The East India Company and Nelson. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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1492: The Year Our World Began

Captain Kidd

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Spain's maritime decline

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Two women from South America. Six centuries ago South American civilisations matched the west in some respects. (Getty Images)

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The wonder of the west

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Toilers of the deep: the lives of Edwardian deep sea fishermen

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A ship in a storm

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How did Britain come to rule the waves?

Broadcaster Simon Mayo

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‘Battle of Quiberon Bay' (c1765), from 'Old Naval Prints' by Charles N Robinson and Geoffrey Holme (The Studio Limited, London), 1924. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Portrait of Captain William Bligh. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

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An illustration depicting inhabitants of Hawaii making an offering to Captain Cook

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