Visiting The Golden Hinde In early March the project team visited London to meet with one of our project partners at The Golden Hinde (https://www.goldenhinde.co.uk/). The Hinde is a replica of one of...

Unlocking the Potential of ‘Big Data’ in Historical ResearchIn this first blog post the team discuss our aims over the next three years, and provide an insight into one of the most exciting aspect...

A visit to our project partners at Brunel’s SS Great BritainIn this blog post, project RA Lucy Huggins describes the team's visit to one of our project partners, Brunel's SS Great Britain museum.On...

As the coronation of the new king, Charles III, looms large, project Co-Investigator John McAleer talks about commemorations past on the high seas As the nation prepares to roll out the bunting and...

Maritime communities and life at sea in the Age of Sail A major aspect of our project involves counting: the number of ships, the volume of trade, and the quantity of duties paid. But we’re also in...

Keep Calm and Carry On: Tudor Traders and the Spanish Armada There is a commonly held view that Tudor England was increasingly isolated from Europe as a result of the Reformation and conflict with con...

An Early Modern European Economic Community: Maritime trade and the Hanseatic League Nestled among the narrow streets and winding alleyways of medieval maritime London, in an area roughly the size of...

In this latest blog post, Dr Ida Christine Jørgensen, who received her doctorate last year from the University of Portsmouth, has kindly written a guest blog for the project on how digital research m...

Exploring maritime history: The Isle of Wight meets the National Maritime MuseumBetween January and April 2024, the team worked with Mr Wright and his pupils at the Island Free School in Ventnor on th...

 Between January and April 2024, the team worked with Mr Wright and his pupils at the Island Free School in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. Together, we explored various aspects of maritime history rel...

A view of the merchants of Southampton from the Spanish archives in the Early Tudor periodDr. María Grove-Gordillo (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)Southampton was one of the most important ports in th...