Sentences with word «seafaring»

At the «Mariners» Museum - The Age of Exploration» Web site students can learn about the history of seafaring peoples of the world.

Andrea Grover gives a talk and tour of Radical Seafaring on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the Parrish Art Museum.

There may be buckets of seafaring adventures swimming in the memory banks behind his hazel eyes, but Soldini gives off a disarming aura of quietude before he gently returns to reality.

But researchers have found that some Southeast Asian seafaring people can see underwater very clearly without such corrective devices.

The hotel's distinct silhouette is visible from both land and sea, serving as a landmark for seafaring vessels for decades and as a benchmark for all coastal hotels in the state.

Accent your bedroom in seafaring subtlety with the Seedling by ThomasPaul Nautical Quilt Set.

Rope -LCB- of -RCB- course: durable natural canvas meets bright, bold color in a collection made with seafaring chic.

As if you couldn't tell from the title, it's about the wacky adventures of a group of seafaring pirates circa 1837.

The new bridge increased roadway capacity, improved safety, reduced the frequency and cost of major bridge maintenance, and increased the vertical and horizontal navigational clearances to accommodate the current needs of seafaring vessels on the river, including permitting modern cargo vessel passage to the Port of Charleston, the second largest container cargo port on the East Coast.

Hull's economy was traditionally built on seafaring, but despite the slow decline of the fishing industry the city remains a busy port.

Enjoy the old Ayia Napa Square, visit the monument, or learn more about Cypriot seafaring history at the Thalassa Museum.

Residents of Carriacou make their living from seafaring and farming with little reliance on tourism.

Then, in December 2011, researchers began the first systematic dives to examine what appears to be the oldest known shipwreck in the Indian Ocean, radiocarbon dated to between the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C.E. Because almost nothing was known about seafaring in this time and place, the wreck promises to remake our understanding of the region and era, team members say.

Perhaps you prefer an «Old World» cruise experience, following the great British seafaring tradition.

Once at the heart of the greatest seafaring nation in the world, Lisbon nowadays still has an air of majesty that transcends time.

Discover the majestic seafaring heritage of coastal towns and quaint island villages on the 10 - night Grand New England cruise.

Almost certainly these voyagers traveled in small, sturdy boats — perhaps a type of kayak — and possessed sufficient seafaring skill to avoid spills that would lead to hypothermia and death.

As nomadic seafaring communities are being driven to extinction, and environmental changes destroy artisanal fishing traditions, how do autonomous communities continue to stimulate tolerance and progressive behavior within surrounding communities while attempting to survive?

I was in my 40s, lying in bed with one of Patrick O'Brian's great seafaring adventure novels.

In January of 2012 the Costa Concordia, the largest luxury liner built in Italy, manufactured at the Fincantieri shipyards in the ancient seafaring city of Genoa to the highest standards of safety specified by law, struck a reef in the Mediterranean, and partially capsized, killing dozens of people.

This year the artist has also participated in Wanderlust through High Line Art in New York, Erie Canal Excursion at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York and Radical Seafaring at the Parish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York.

Peter Weir's 2003 «Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,» starring Russell Crowe as Capt. Jack Aubrey, was meant to launch a series of movies based on Patrick O'Brian's seafaring novels.

Like a psychedelic «Misery» or «The Elephant Man» with a happy ending, but in reverse, Howe traps Wallace with plans to fashion him into a walrus, approximating the only true friend he's ever had — a tusked creature that saved his life when he was young, seafaring military man.

What did those artifacts teach you about seafaring culture during that era?

During a 2,000 - year period beginning in 1500 B.C. this strategic gateway was conquered and occupied by successive waves of seafaring empire - builders — Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Arabs, and Normans — for whom the island was a clearinghouse for precious commodities, such as spices, silks, gemstones, and a certain little white lapdog favored by leisured ladies the world over.

Stripes - wearing, Cape Cod - lusting, seafaring friends: I have found your new favorite online boutique.

In their lofts they found actual relics of the old seafaring days: nautical equipment, shipbuilding materials, iron wheels, charts and ledgers.

The old whaling port of Sag Harbor has come a long way from its salty seafaring days, and our Sag Harbor rentals offer modern luxury for a leisurely vacation.

Take a day trip in one of our complimentary Mercedes - Benz house cars to the historic seafaring town of Mystic, just over the Connecticut border, or relive the Gilded Age with a trip to the mansions in Newport.

Honua`ula takes us back to a time when the mighty seafaring Polynesians discovered this land of Hawaii, thereafter calling themselves Hawaiian.

«It seems coherent for us to think that in south - east Asia and Australia, humans had seafaring capabilities by 60,000 to 70,000 years ago,» says expedition member Florent Detroit of the National Museum for Natural History in Paris, France.

It was from parts of this branch that ancient people had shaped the first seafaring craft, and it was from its sprouts that came all trees fit for building ships.

From here travel to the capital of Portugal, Lisbon, a great seafaring city situated near where the Tagus River flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

However her free - spirited granny (Rachel House) introduces Moana to the proud seafaring past her father had hoped to keep hidden and, when their once fertile land faces decay, Moana embraces her heritage to reclaim the favour of angered god Maui (Dwayne Johnson.)

Historian and seafaring expert, Jeffrey Mellefont, leads you through the spectacular marine landscapes of Raja Ampat — home to karst spires, birds...

Shipwrecks and other underwater relics can tell archaeologists a lot about ancient people's seafaring ways, but investigating these sites can be costly, time - consuming, and dangerous.

Seafaring Phoenicians then spread the practice westward from Lebanon to Egypt and the Mediterranean.

This handsome seafaring themed set will add a nautical touch to any bedroom with its appliques and embroidery in navy blue and red.

The membership base of seafaring folk includes a diverse mix of backgrounds, all united by common interests.

It's a powerful film that blends seafaring folklore with the raw emotions of losing a loved one.

For any true seafaring explorer, the Panama Canal is a must - see destination.

At an isolated mansion, he meets the creepily eloquent Howard Howe (Michael Parks, his second psycho role for Smith following the maniac preacher in «Red State»), who shares eccentric seafaring tales from decades past before taking Wallace captive for his nefarious agenda.

A spirit of insurrection leads to Mutiny on the Bounty in the 1935 film adaptation of a real life story about a group of seafaring men turned outlaws.

In the ninth century, the advances in seafaring technology that enabled Scandinavian Vikings to raid northern and central Europe also opened the way for the Norse, as they came to be known in their later, peaceful incarnations, to journey west to Iceland.

The Art Deco building at 550 West 20th Street in Manhattan started as a lodging house for seafaring merchants before becoming the Bayview Correctional Facility for women, which closed after it was damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

While we're not expecting a handheld seafaring creature to be attacking our heroes in this season's upgrade, the creators of this game have promised an addition «never seen in street fighter before.»

A female blue whale living in the northern hemisphere is about 82 feet long, but luckily for seafaring humans, they only feed on krill.

His default costume is the Purple Wind / Thief costume, with seven others available: the spaceman Cosmic Wario, paint - slinging Arty Wario, Crygor-esque Genius Wario, electrifying Sparky Wario, seafaring Captain Wario, devilish flying Wicked Wario, and the return (albeit slightly different) of the fire - breathing Dragon Wario, each able to be powered up by special gems.