A memoir of Annette Brock Daviss life at sea as the first female crew member of a commercial sailing line.

Under New York City's Throgs Neck Bridge lies a spit of land dominated by a pentagonal, 19th-century fortress that today houses a school that has trained marine

In 1838, seaman Charles Erskine joined the exploring expedition of Charles Wilkes who was setting out on a voyage of discovery around the world. Here he shares

“A California classic . . . California, it should be remembered, was very much the wild west, having to wait until 1850 before it could force its way into sta