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What do historians think of the 1706 book 'The Art of Sea-Fighting' by Robert Park?

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Can someone please explain Benjamin Hornigold's career as a pirate hunter? Was it full-time or was he technically a privateer? What kind of ship did he use? How successful was he in his cruises?

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When did Colonial Americans start noticing the different species between similar looking reptiles, like crocodiles and alligators, coral snakes and scarlet kingsnakes, and water moccasins and water snakes?

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As a Southern Ontario resident, I still dread Summer 2020's three straight weeks of 30 C (86 F) feeling like 40 C (104 F) degree temperatures. I'm wondering if we know what the average summer temperature here was like for Europeans colonizers since they were experiencing the Little Ice Age?

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Exactly 241 years ago today, New England's Dark Day happened. Did this extraordinary weather event have any effect at all on military campaigning during the American Revolution?

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Are there any historical instances of a pirate ship attacking and commandeering a warship? (1650-1730)

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[WP] In the wild, Killer Whales hunt for seals. Now, they hunt for SEALs.

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I was once told that France's system of warship ranks in the 1700's was similar to the British, though instead of assigning a rate ships were classed simply based on the number of guns they carried. What classes of ships would there have been and how many guns would each class have carried?

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Was there anyone in the Imperial Japanese Army of non-Japanese descent?

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Why did Henry Nock invent the Nock gun when the blunderbuss practically served the same purpose and existed for over 100 years prior to the Nock gun?

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What do historians think of the 1706 book 'The Art of Sea-Fighting' by Robert Park?	3	AskHistorians
Can someone please explain Benjamin Hornigold's career as a pirate hunter? Was it full-time or was he technically a privateer? What kind of ship did he use? How successful was he in his cruises?	3	AskHistorians
When did Colonial Americans start noticing the different species between similar looking reptiles, like crocodiles and alligators, coral snakes and scarlet kingsnakes, and water moccasins and water snakes?	3	AskHistorians
As a Southern Ontario resident, I still dread Summer 2020's three straight weeks of 30 C (86 F) feeling like 40 C (104 F) degree temperatures. I'm wondering if we know what the average summer temperature here was like for Europeans colonizers since they were experiencing the Little Ice Age?	3	AskHistorians
Exactly 241 years ago today, New England's Dark Day happened. Did this extraordinary weather event have any effect at all on military campaigning during the American Revolution?	3	AskHistorians
Are there any historical instances of a pirate ship attacking and commandeering a warship? (1650-1730)	3	AskHistorians
[WP] In the wild, Killer Whales hunt for seals. Now, they hunt for SEALs.	3	WritingPrompts
I was once told that France's system of warship ranks in the 1700's was similar to the British, though instead of assigning a rate ships were classed simply based on the number of guns they carried. What classes of ships would there have been and how many guns would each class have carried?	2	AskHistorians
Was there anyone in the Imperial Japanese Army of non-Japanese descent?	2	AskHistorians
Why did Henry Nock invent the Nock gun when the blunderbuss practically served the same purpose and existed for over 100 years prior to the Nock gun?	2	AskHistorians