Maritime Musings > February 2012
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
Founder of the Spanish settlement in Manila.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/3/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Andres de Urdaneta
Pioneering Spanish navigator, explorer, and friar.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/7/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Manila-Acapulco galleons
Treasure ships plying the Pacific for 250 years.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/10/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 3 comments


Right whales
Highly endangered marine mammals.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/17/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Johnson’s sea grass
A rare and threatened marine plant, found only in Florida.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/21/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Northern fur seal
Subject of the first wildlife conservation treaty.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/24/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


HMS Victory – 1737
Launched in 1737, sunk in a storm in 1744, wreck discovered in 2008.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/28/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 3 comments


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