A bit of history today inspired by the incredible art installation, in Pursuit of Venus [infected], shown last month at the Bell Gallery: On the morning of June 3, 1769 merchant Joseph Brown pointed his newly acquired, and very costly, scientific equipment at the sun, in what was essentially an international research project. Florence Simister …
Almost positive. And the residents of Cooktown must be stoked at the news. The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project will formally announce on Wednesday that, “. . . it is 80 to 100 percent sure that the remains of the bark Endeavour are among the wrecks in Newport Harbor.” (ProJo 5.3.16) Fans of the excellent …
It was 230 years ago on this date that Captain James Cook was bludgeoned and stabbed to death on the island of Hawaii for staying just a little too long at the luau. (And if you haven’t read Blue Latitudes by Brown alum, Tony Horwitz, put it on your list.) Maritime archaeologists now suggest that …