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Way off course: US Virgin Islands

The US Virgin Islands National Park: Gazing out along the desolate shoreline, one beholds a sight conceivably unchanged from that seen hundreds of years ago by explorers, traders and pirates: rolling green cliffs giving way to remote uninhabited bays of … Continue reading

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This day in Nautical History: Cohasset’s most infamous shipwreck

Memorial commemorating the Shipwreck of the Brig St. John in Cohasset, MA: October 7th, 1849 was the date of what is probably the most infamous shipwreck in New England history, that of the Brig St John. The ship was carrying … Continue reading

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