Hayreddin Barbarossa, the famed admiral of the Ottoman Empire, effectively became the master of the Mediterranean during the ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recovered 37 gold coins that were stolen from the 1715 Fleet ...

A new study of human skeletal remains from the wreck of the 16th ... French ships in the Battle of the Solent, a strait located north of the Isle of Wight. Excavated in the late 20th century ...

The Drake Passage is the body of water between South America's Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.

Spanish treasure ships sank off Florida’s west coast during hurricanes more than 300 years ago, leaving their spoils on the ...

Hemp’s contribution is displayed in Barcelona at the base of the statue honoring the explore. It has cannabis leaves. So this ...

Infanta María Teresa was the lead ship of her class of armored cruiser constructed for the Spanish Navy and fought at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War. The warship ...

Researchers at Lancaster University have examined the skeletal remains of the 16th-century English warship ... sank in 1545 while attacking French ships during a battle of the Solent.

Príncipe de Asturias was a Spanish three-deck 112-gun ship of the line, named after Ferdinand, eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain and heir apparent with the title Prince of Asturias. She ...

In this new study, the researchers note that there were many scientists besides Galileo, Kepler and Copernicus who contributed to the evolution of astronomical thought during the 15th and 16th ...