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The sea is calm and beautiful today. #seascape #sea #seaphotography #nature 📷 this afternoon

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😅 The harbor is occupied by: Black Admiral Pirates of Alanya Viking Line Sword Line 📷 Oct. 2, 2026, Harbor of Alanya #ships #harbor #pirates #boats

Two entertainment boats for tour: Viking Line and Sword Line

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Karl Bell @karlbell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Great collection! Especially for those who are interested in Japanese maritime history! #maritimehistory #Japanesehistory #collections 👇

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Tickets are now available for the 'Maritime Histories from the Margins' conference, National Maritime Museum, 11-12 November 2026. Co-hosted by @uopmaritime.bsky.social and Royal Museums Greenwich. For ticket information and the conference programme, see www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nat...

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Conference - Maritime Histories from the Margins: People, Places, and Practices, 1500–Present

A two-day interdisciplinary conference exploring marginalised histories in maritime contexts from c.1500 to the present day

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Here is an exciting CfP "Travellers in Ottoman Lands. Salonica, Rumeli, and beyond... Journey Across Cultures and Identities. Thessaloniki, Greece, April 21-24, 2027 Deadline for submission of proposals: Nov. 15. 👉https://travellersinottomanlands.com/next-seminar/ #OttomanHistory #CfP

Next Seminar - Travellers In Ottoman Lands

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Harbor (Liman) Alanya. The medieval castle, a part of its 6 km long walls, and the 12th-c. Red Tower (Kızılkule) are seen in the background. This is a fascinating historical site also for #maritimehistory More later.. 📷 October 1, 2026 #harbor #landscape #ships #castle

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nope, eastern Mediterranen is not always blue! A long walk instead #hiking 📷 this afternoon. October 1, 2026, Alanya #seascape #sea #waves #nature #landscape #photography

Sea and sky washed in shades of grey, with heavy rain clouds gathering before sunset..

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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Coming up later this year @drdavidcooper.bsky.social will be celebrating the publication of his book Reading Place Writing: Geography, Form, Immersion 2010-2020 with a launch event with Jean Sprackland on 3rd December at Manchester Poetry Library. Book your place here: www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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Book Launch: Reading Place Writing by David Cooper, 03 Dec 2026

Book Launch, Manchester Poetry Library

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

An insightful piece that also makes a valuable contribution to #OttomanHistory Mark S Dawson. "What’s in a Name? The Inoculation of Smallpox in Early Eighteenth-Century Britain" Social History of Medicine, August 2026. 👇

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is a further encounter of Barbarossa and Andrea Doria: Francis I of France entered into an alliance with the Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent against Charles V, the Habsburg Emperor. Therefore, in 1543, Süleyman dispatched Barbarossa to France. 🧵1/ #MaritimeHistory #admirals #galleys

This is a further encounter of Hayreddin Barbarossa and Andrea Doria:

Francis I of France entered into an alliance with the Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent against Charles V, the Habsburg Emperor. Therefore, in 1543, Süleyman dispatched Barbarossa to France. Francis subsequently permitted the Ottoman fleet to winter at Toulon. For eight months, throughout the winter, the fleet remained in southern France and used Toulon as a base for operations against Habsburg territories in Spanish and Italian coasts. In 1543, a French-Ottoman forces breached Nice’s walls and captured parts of the city. But the arrival of an Imperial-Savoyard relief fleet under Andrea Doria forced the besiegers to withdraw before taking the citadel. Nice remained in Savoyard hands.

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hayreddin #Barbarossa and Andrea #Doria, the grand admirals during the Naval Battle of Preveza in 1538, were major adversaries, but they were also capable of negotiating directly when circumstances required it. A 🧵1/ #MaritimeHistory #admirals

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David Pendleton @davidpendleton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Delighted to announce that my new article is out now in The Trafalgar Chronicle! ⚓️ 📖 “As a Hound to the Haunches of a Deer: HMS Countess of Scarborough: The Forgotten Ship of the Battle of Flamborough Head” Published by 1805Club. #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #18thCentury

Cover of the Trafalgar Chronicle showing three sailing ships at sea.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Important news! I am delighted to announce the launch of my new podcast: The Untitled History Podcast. It's me, and guests, falling down all the history rabbitholes you can imagine. Please, please spread the word, subscribe and listen. Because... SHIPS CATS!! cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-...

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Episode 2: The History of Cats on Ships by The Untitled History Podcast

From as early as 7000 years before the common era, we have evidence suggesting cats served alongside humans on ships. This isn’t just in a civilian capacity. As long as there have been warships, cats ...

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The grand admirals of the fleets during the Battle of Preveza on September 28, 1538: Andrea Doria (d. 1560) not only survived the political fallout but remained in command of Charles V's naval forces for years afterward. 1/ #MaritimeHistory

Andrea Doria (d. 1560) not only survived the political fallout but remained in command of Charles V's naval forces for years afterward.

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The second follow-up: Even during the Battle of Preveza, poor coordination plagued the squadrons of its principal members. In 1540, the Republic of Venice formally abandoned the League, signing a separate treaty with the Ottoman Empire and ceding strategic territories. 1/ #MaritimeHistory

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

More on the Naval Battle of Preveza on September 28, 1538; a first follow-up to yesterday's post: Despite the overwhelming size of the League's fleet, one reason for the Ottoman victory lay in the composition of their own fleet. 🧵1/ #MaritimeHistory #galleys #ships

Despite the overwhelming size of the League's fleet, one reason for the Ottoman victory lay in the composition of their own fleet. The Ottomans relied exclusively on rowing ships (above all, galleys) while the Holy League fielded large sailing vessels and heavy galleons. The galleys' success in the battle cemented the Ottoman navy's long-standing preference for this type of ship. Geography played a role too: rowing ships held a significant maneuvering advantage along the Mediterranean coast , where the physical environment and climate favored their design.Geography played a role too: rowing ships held a significant maneuvering advantage along the Mediterranean coast , where the physical environment and climate favored their design.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 29/09/2026

Submissions are now invited for the Society's 2027 First Book and Early Career Article Prizes - covering monographs and articles published in 2026 bit.ly/4z45bD8 The closing date for submissions is 14 December 2026. Judging begins in early 2027 with winners announced next July #Skystorians 1/2

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Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2027: submissions now invited - RHS

The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2027 and Early Career Article Prize, 2027. The call for submissions opened on Monday 28 September 2026 and runs to Monday 14...

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Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This text provides a comprehensive analysis of Roman maritime villas in southern Latium, exploring architecture, production, and historical significance. 💻️: tinyurl.com/yx2kum6s #maritimehistory #Romanvillas #maritimevillas

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Mitra Sharafi @mitrasharafi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have a piece out today in The Daily Star (Bangladesh) on the special challenges of poison detection given cremation practices in colonial Bengal (drawing from my Open Access book, Fear of the False): www.thedailystar.net/slow-reads/f... #legalhistory

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Poison and cremation: A forensic history of colonial Bengal

Forensic experts in colonial Bengal navigated planted poisons, cremation challenges, and racial biases to prevent wrongful convictions.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 25/08/2026

We've been getting a lot of questions about how the Internet Archive digitizes books. The short answer: page by page, by hand. You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it. Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/m...

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

An impressive sky for today's #BlueSkyMonday Taurus Mountains, mountain range running parallel to the Mediterranean coast. 📷 me, this afternoon #landscape #photography #hiking

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

September 28, 1538: The Battle of Preveza Hayreddin Barbarossa’s Ottoman fleet faced Andrea Doria’s Holy-League fleet off Preveza. This victory secured Ottoman naval dominance in the eastern Mediterranean for the next 33 years. In the 🧵are some details. 1/ #MaritimeHistory #OttomanHistory #galley

September 28, 1538:

Hayreddin Barbarossa’s Ottoman fleet faced Andrea Doria’s Holy-League fleet off Preveza. This victory secured Ottoman naval dominance in the eastern Mediterranean for the next 33 years. The Ottoman fleet consisted of 122 rowing vessels (galleys and galleons), while the Holy League fleet comprised more than 600 vessels (galleys, galleons, sailing ships). There is some variation in the sources, particularly regarding the League's ship numbers. I've taken these numbers from the Ottoman naval historian Katib Celebi's (d. 1657) Tuhfet el-kibar fi asfar el-bihar ("The Gift to Dignitaries Concerning Naval Warfare") which covers the history of Ottoman naval warfare up to the mid-17th century. The Holy League was an alliance of naval forces from Venice, Spain, the Papal States, Genoa, Maltese Knights, and the Duchy of Mantua. The Ottoman fleet incorporated experienced North African corsair personnel, particularly those associated with Algiers. Image credit:
"Prevesa Naval Battle" Oil painting by Ohannes Umed BEHZAD, 1866. Dimensions: 125 x 200 cm.
Beşiktaş Naval Museum Command.

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Mark Harris @markharrisauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hard to believe it is over a year since the manuscript for my last book went to the publisher. I wrote a short piece about writing naval history, and the motivations for my last book in particular: markharrisauthor.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/w... #navalhistory #writinghistory #greatadmirals

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Why write this history book?

Nikolay Ottovich fon Essen, pictured whilst Captain of the cruiser Novik in the Russo-Japanese War. Courtesy: Eesti Meremuuseum, mmf1348_17 Today I sent the final draft of The First World War in th…

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

September 27, 1538: Hayreddin Barbarossa, grand admiral of the Ottoman fleet, and Andrea Doria, the grand admiral of the Genoese-led fleet, prepared their galleys for the coming Battle of Preveza in the Ionian Sea (northwestern Greece). 1/2 #maritimehistory #illustration #galleys #ships

September 27, 1538:
The Mediterranean braced for a major naval battle. Hayreddin Barbarossa, grand admiral of the Ottoman fleet, and Andrea Doria, the grand admiral of the Genoese-led fleet, prepared their galleys for the Battle of Preveza in the Ionian Sea (northwestern Greece). Source for the image: “Episodios Maritimos. El Heroico Suceso de Machin de Munguía”, Plate 14 of Historia de la marina real española: episodios marítimos. by Vicente Urrabieta and Juan Donon. Hart Nautical Collection.

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Cervantes’s personal captivity at the hands of Algerian privateers forms the background to “The Generous Lover,” but the story is fiction rather than autobiography. You can find this story in his "Novelas Ejemplares" (Exemplary Stories) first published in 1613. 1/2 #maritimehistory #privateers

Cervantes’s personal captivity at the hands of Algerian corsairs forms the background to “The Generous Lover,” but the story is fiction rather than autobiography.
You can find this story in his "Novelas Ejemplares" (Exemplary Stories) first published in 1613.

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September 26, 1575: Algerian corsairs operating within the Ottoman maritime power network captured the Spanish galley El Sol. Miguel de Cervantes was (together with his brother) among the captives. #maritimehistory

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The real gatekeepers of the Alanya Harbor where #maritimehistory meets #caturday 😅 The mediaeval castle`s walls are seen in the background. 📷 me

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A dreamlike view of the Eastern Mediterranean seen from the 13th-century Alanya Castle (Seljuk Period). This is one of the one of the best preserved medieval castles. 📷 me #maritimehistory #castles #Seljuk #photography

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Admiral John Elphinstone's (d. 1785) first-person account of serving in the Russian navy at the Battle of Chesma (Çeşme) 1770. 1/2 #maritimehistory #admiral

Russian Faith, Honour, & Courage Displayed in a Faithfull Narrative of the Russian Expedition by Sea (1769 & 1770)
by Rear Admiral John Elphinstone late Commander in Chief of a Squadron of Her Imperial Majesty’s Ships
& Captain in His Majesty’s Royal Navy compiled from Original Letters, Papers & Journals. Edited by Julia Leikin and and Elena Smilianskaia (Hakluyt Society, 2024)

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The "Harbor of the Galleys" (Kadırga Limanı): This harbor was the New Harbor (Portus Novus), known also as the Harbor of Julian, and the Harbor of Sophia. It was used to the end of the Byzantine Empire, and also for sixty years after the Ottoman conquest 1453. 🧵1/3 #MaritimeHistory #Byzantine

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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

CfP: 'Island Empires and Pacific Power, 1688–1995' symposium taking place in Adelaide in June 2027 🗃️

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Steamship Historical Society @shiphistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Don't miss the next presentation in our Distinguished Speaker Series, "Steamboats to Ferries: the Story of the Block Island Boat," by SSHSA Member and Historian Gregory Abbott on October 3 at 10:30 a.m. Learn more about this and other upcoming events at shiphistory.org/events/. #MaritimeHistory

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is not only a vast register of British slave traders and the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807, but also an invaluable database of ships’ voyages. #MaritimeHistory #Ships

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booksbyjeffrey @booksbyjeffrey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

TIL about the 9-masted "treasure ships" from the Ming-Era China. They dwarfed every other vessel and approx 400 ft long. There were 60 of them in the fleet! You can see the size comparison in the last image. Img 1: Artist Misha Zia Img 2: Artist Stephen Biesty #history #china #boats #naval

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Philip K. Allan - Author @philipkallan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New York City Docks - c1900s photo taken by Paul W Faust Most of the world’s great ports would have looked similar at the time, with forests of masts. #Ageofsail #NewYork #ships

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 20/09/2026

Academia: a system that requires years of training to be eligible for basic, entry-level positions yet lacks the capacity to provide those positions to over 90% of the people whom it trains.

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September 17, 1571 , Corfu. On the eve of the Battle of Lepanto (Ott. İnebahtı) 📷taken from "Die grossen Seeschlachten. Lepanto 1571, FinixComics , 2018 #MaritimeHistory #OttomanHistory #Mediterranean #Corfu #Greece #galleys #ships #galleyslaves #oarsmen

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Our September excursion took place yesterday: organized by our Association of Local History, the excursion was entitled “On the Trail of the Bernkastel Winegrowers’ Uprising (Winzersturm)” that took place in 1926. 1/2 📷1) Archive of the Association #localhistory #Mosel #Bernkastel #photography

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Sculptor Jürgen Waxweiler opened the doors of his Traben-Trarbach studio to visitors. For many years, J. Waxweiler has contributed to public spaces throughout the city and region with his works of art making his sculptures part of the local landscape. 1/2 📷courtesy J.W. #localhistory #Mosel #art

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