The need for construction of specialized ships to clear the path in the ice appeared in the mid-18th century. The first icebreaker was a wheeled steamer that cleared ice in the harbor of Philadelphia.

Image: Public Domain During the 17th and 18th centuries, many Catholic merchants ... Each year, he dispatched ships across the Atlantic to ports such as Caracas, Campeche, Veracruz and Havana ...

As related by Hattie Chittick in her history of Hantsport, one Harry Rolph, a ship’s carpenter, was killed instantly when ...

The Galärvegen, or ‘Galley Road’, was a strip of land across which the forces of King Charles XII’s Swedish military transported twelve 30-ton ships. Charles had the ships carried across ...

Benin is one of the 17 countries that Nigerian passport holders can visit without visa in 2025, according to the Africa Visa ...

Benin is one of the 17 countries that Nigerian passport holders can visit without visa in 2025, according to the Africa Visa ...

For a strong dose of Canadian history and some of the best seafood you'll ever taste, head to this unique town that offers a ...

In 1492, Spain’s accidental arrival in the Americas marked a shift in global trade and the need for larger, ocean-bound ships ...

Participants learned to make Sailors Valentines at the Col Benjamin Stephenson House historical site in Madison County.

In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...

Musical celebration featuring Durham opera star Graeme Danby will tour this spring and a date at Tyneside Cinema will combine a screening of new mining documentary In the Veins ...

Sea MiIls is a neatly contained, well-ordered garden estate originally built to provide "homes for heroes" as part of the ...