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A timepiece used on a seagoing voyage by the HMS Beagle – the ship that carried Charles Darwin on his travels – has been ...
A ship retracing Charles Darwin’s journey around the world is set to make a historic homecoming in Cornwall. The 108-year-old ...
A temporary export bar has been placed on a pocket chronometer present on the second voyage of HMS Beagle, well-known for ...
A timepiece used on a seagoing voyage by the HMS Beagle – the ship that carried Charles Darwin on his travels – has been placed under an export bar, meaning it cannot leave the UK. The move by ...
A ship retracing Charles Darwin’s journey around the world is set to make a historic homecoming in Cornwall. The 108-year-old Oosterschelde has been on a two-year global voyage after setting sail from ...
975: Death of Edgar, King of England. 1497: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, becoming the first European to reach India by sea. 1538: Spanish conquistador of Chile and ...
One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in ...