Articles tagged with: French Polynesia
The Geography of the Whale Ship Essex in Google Earth
This week’s presentation is an illustration of the ill-fated voyage of the Whale Ship Essex, the real life whaling voyage that inspired Moby Dick, in Google Earth Tour mode.To view the tour, the companion to this article, first download Google Earth, then download this file.The story of the Whale Ship Essex begins in Nantucket Harbor
The Republic of Hau Pakumoto?
The globe-spanning European empires of the 1800s were essentially dismantled in the decades following World War II, with one important exception. In the maritime realm, empire lingers in the form of continuing colonial control over small oceanic islands, some inhabited, others not. If one includes the 200 nautical-mile exclusive economic zones that sovereign states
