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The Gulf of Mexico in the nineteenth century was a rapidly changing maritime frontier of maritime trade, illicit activities on the open sea and in coastal waters, shifting boundaries, war at sea, and the ris...

Historically, seafaring has been regarded as an ephemeral activity that has been under-acknowledged as an area of study, with focus instead falling on material cultural aspects such as boat and ship technolo...

The largest global conflict in human history ended eight decades ago, but a decades-long undeclared conflict, the Cold War, continued in an era that introduced nuclear weapons, and extended the frontiers of ...