In 1617, Joris Carolus was commissioned by the Noordsche Compagnie - a Dutch whaling cartel - to lead a voyage of discovery. The mission was apparently successful, with the discovery of two new islands. The first he named Nyeu Hollandt, while the other he named Opdams Eylandt.

Recently we were talking a lot about the surgeon on the Mary Rose, and how he was a member of the Company of Barbers and Surgeons. The 1542 painting by Hans Holbein the younger, King Henry VIII and the Barber Surgeons, is even believed to potentially feature our surgeon!

Did Jeremiah Cocklyn die on Madagascar or was he hanged? His fate remains a mystery. #piratehistory #pirates #history #c18th

5 Nov 1799 // 64-gun 3rd-rate HMS Sceptre was wrecked in a storm with about 300 lives lost while at anchor off Cape Town, South Africa. Her anchor cables parted and she was driven onto a reef on the southern shore of Table Bay. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

220 years ago today – Admiral Collingwood’s despatches with news of victory at Trafalgar and the death of Nelson, arrived in London, brought by HMS Pickle The picture is HMS Pickle, Bringer of News, by British marine artist Richard Grenville #RoyalNavy #OnThisDay #Trafalgar

Leisler's Rebellion - the rebellion that Captain Kidd helped to put down. waynesavage.com/leislers-reb... #history #17thc

Despite the Mary Rose being listed as carrying over 5,000lb (2.2 metric tons, nine pigs or 1,500 human brains) of gunpowder, and carrying over 91 guns of various sizes, we didn't actually find any sign of a powder store. Wonder what happened to it all?

💥 On this day in 1605: Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England. 📝 Article by Mark Cartwright.  🖼️ Images by Frerk Meyer and David Bjorgen.  #GunpowderPlot

The octant was developed in the early 18th century and was a precursor to the sextant. It measured angles up to 45 degrees, making it ideal for determining the altitude of celestial bodies. #maritimehistory #AgeOfSail #history

#OtD 4 Nov 1811 Luddites attacked machinery in Bulwell, England. While 'Luddite' is used today to mock those who don't like/know how to use technology, the Luddites didn't oppose technology as such, but how capitalists used it to make them unemployed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1046...

Savannah by British Marine artist John Stobart. Stobart is best known for his 19th century harbour scenes, many of American ports at night. #MaritimeArt #Tallships #Ageofsail

It was wasn’t until the reign of Henry VIII (1509–1547) that significant anti-piracy laws were enacted. Originally titled An Act for Pirates and Robbers on the Sea issued in 1535, it was renamed The Offences of Sea Act in 1536. waynesavage.com/offences-at-... #Tudor #maritimehistory #history

Maritime history is full of mighty moustaches - each one a story of resilience and sea-faring style. Image: Samuel J Hood Studio #Movember #MartimeMoustache

Interesting overview.

The nocturnal used a set of dials with pointers showing months, hours, and the location of stars, and is important when calculating tides. It is thought to have been first developed in the 12th century. #maritimehistory #AgeOfSail #history

They weren’t pirates—but they sailed like them. In Ep. 357, Eric Jay Dolin explores how privateers helped the U.S. win independence by attacking British ships on the high seas. 🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/357 #MaritimeHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History #AmericanRevolution #Revolution250

If you’re in London and want to learn more about how aged and disabled sailors were declared ‘unfit for service’ and invalided from the Navy, join me on 26 November. I’ll be giving a public talk in Greenwich based on my Caird Research Fellowship. More info here: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/que...

A risky business. #maritimehistory #AgeOfSail #history

On this day in 1831, Nat Turner was arrested for leading one of the more storied slave rebellions in American history. He had recruited a number of Black people, free and enslaved, to free slaves – and kill slaveholders. Before their capture, they killed 60 white people in Virginia. #History #OTD

Nassau in History vs Black Sails #pirates #blacksails

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, although apparently the author doesn't regard it as one of his best. #historybookchat #navalhistory #piratehistory #history

Despite what apparently every dad who's ever entered our museum has told you, this mallet, found in the surgeon's chest on the Mary Rose, was NOT used as anaesthetic.

Sir Walter Raleigh died #OTD 1618. The privateer and explorer was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, but was sent to the executioner’s axe at Westminster by King James I. What happened to his head? Find out in our Heads Podcast: tinyurl.com/f6n5j7kv #history #halloween #Tudors

#OtD 29 Oct 1918 German sailors refused an order to attack the British in the North Sea. Despite 1,000 being arrested, the mutiny spread over the next days, paralysing the imperial fleet, and led to a revolution and the end of World War I. Learn more: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/all...

Cross staff - Also known as a Jacob’s staff, fore-staff, or ballastella, this device was the more basic predecessor of the backstaff used to determine latitude. #maritimehistory #AgeOfSail #history

Without Jamaica, we likely wouldn't have the Liberty Bell. Disclaimer- this is one of my earlier videos so the editing sucks. youtu.be/hGiOeM0RyQs?...

The enormous flag from the French ship Le Généreux, captured by Admiral Nelson in 1800, is one of the oldest surviving examples of the Tricolour... The flag's immense size is highlighted by the people standing on it in the top image, giving a sense of its scale.  #archaeohistories

Bartholomew Roberts - the pirate with too many flags. #piratehistory #pirates #history #c18th

The History Press is moving into the realm of audiobooks and selected my first book, Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay, as one of their inaugural releases! 🏴‍☠️📚 You can access a sample and/or purchase from various retailers here: bwlnk.com/9781589733619 #BookSky #PirateHistory #SkyStorians

Blackbeard's Henchmen Escape Prison! Gentleman pirate, Stede Bonnet, and the other two escape from prison with local help on this day. A sizeable £700 reward is posted for their re-capture. blackbeardsqueenannesrevenge.blogspot.com/2018/10/blac...

A #map illustrating the route and failing fortunes of the #SpanishArmada in 1588. The English navy’s innovative strategies, the Spanish bad judgment and failed communication, together with unfavorable weather, doomed the enterprise to failure and cemented #England’s sovereignty. 🗺️ by Simeon Netchev.

26 Oct 1807 // Schooner HMS Subtle (ex French Impériale captured 1806, initially renamed Vigilant) struck a reef off Somerset Island, Bermuda, and was wrecked, after a strong current took her off course. No lives were lost. (National Maritime Museum image, Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

On this day in History, October 25, 1812 – during the War of 1812 the USS United States captured the British frigate HMS Macedonian. #history #didyouknow #dailyhistory #today #OTD #warof1812 #britain #british #military #UnitedStates #supportmilitaryhistory Historygonewilder.com

What's on this October Half Term at the Mary Rose Museum? 🧹💉 Meet the Wise Woman and the Surgeon’s Wife - 28th & 30th October ✂️ 🕯️ Make your own Tudor Lantern! 27th– 31st October 🔍🩺 Take the Surgeon’s Trail - Throughout half term Find out more - maryrose.org/events/octob...

Apparently this is where the expression came from. #maritimehistory #navalhistory #history

In Episode 92, you heard stories from real pirate Captain Tonz. As a follow-up, today I have released the bonus episode, "Who Were the Barbary Pirates?" Available now to Officer's Club members and subscribers to Into History. www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-... #history #pirates #maritimehistory

#OTD 24 October 1808 the Danish fortress at Christiansø island in the Baltic under the commandant Johan Henrik August von Kohl, beats off an attack by a Royal Navy squadron of 2 ships- of-line and 6 frigates. #navalhistory

The chronometer was an accurate timepiece which was used to establish longitude and/or give an exact measurement of the passage of time. From 1735 onwards, John Harrison’s groundbreaking invention allowed sailors to calculate longitude accurately. #maritimehistory #AgeOfSail #history #c18th

Pre-order now: getbook.at/ThePrivateers A thrilling, meticulously researched account of history’s most daring privateers. #AmericanHistory #NavalHistory #Pirates

HMS Association was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line in the Royal Navy. On 22 Oct 1707, as the flagship of Admiral Shovell’s fleet, and commanded by Capt Edmund Loades, the fleet was returning to England after a campaign against the French. (1/5) 🧵 #maritimehistory #history #skystorians

An interesting look at the ideological battle that has raged over the political legacy and cultural symbolism of the Pirates of 'the Golden Age'. #history #historybookchat #maritimehistory #AgeOfSail

#OTD 1707 Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell led his fleet through fog. The ships struck the Scilly Isles. Eight hundred sailors perished. An accurate chronometer might have saved these lives. Hear the story in our History of Timekeeping Podcast: tinyurl.com/yahhpzbm #history #britishnavy #clocks

Cow Island. #piratehistory #pirates #history #17thc

220 years ago, on the 21st of October 1805, a British fleet let by Lord Nelson defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. The victory confirmed the start of an era of British naval supremacy. Nelson himself was shot and died before the battle ended. #otd #history 🗃️

How insanely beautiful can sunlight on a cloud be? This insanely beautiful. The Maas at Dordrecht, 1650, by Aelbert Cuyp, whose day is today

One of the oldest nautical tools, the compass comprised of a magnetic lodestone which made use of the Earth's magnetic field. It is though to have originated in China around 200 BC, arriving in Europe sometime in the 12th century. #maritimehistory #AgeOfSail #history

#SaturdayScholar play with #aiimage depicting my #PhD chapter on #animalagency #walrus! Can you spot the one who is not part of the Royal Navy but appointed to the #Cookvoyage to draw pictures? I love the way AI figured out the meaning of different style hats on the officers of the ship. #chatCPT5

Today this mysterious voyage is celebrated on a wood carving on the Glockenspiel House in Bremen, Germany. Although there is significant cirucmstantial evidence, the jury remains out as to the true discoveries made by these German pirates in 1473. Read more via the link below:

Medieval Creatures from Folklore | Myths, Monsters and Medieval Fears #history