Goodman memorializes de la Rocque de Roberval and her remarkable valor through masterful writing, reminding the 21st century ...

The San Jose was a marvel of 17th century technology. The Spanish galleon weighed more than a thousand tons, was made of wood reinforced with iron, and featured three masts and 64 cannons. In its ...

How patrons of the arts became plutocrats aboard yachts. I n the early 1500s, an unknown wealthy patron is said to have ...