The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already ended ...

The exhibit explores the early days of U.S.-China trade with a focus on Connecticut merchants and sailors who participated in ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2008 — Sea of Poppies author Amitav Ghosh discusses the origins of Great Britain's 19th-century opium trade between India and China. (2 min.) ...

The liberation of Brazil was decided in 1823. Jose Bonifacio’s, government created a new Imperial Navy. First Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane led the new Navy to total victory in a short and brilliant ...

The opium trade that first made the Golden Triangle notorious has made a comeback, but there is now also “industrial-scale production” of synthetic drugs, says UNODC. Alongside methamphetamine ...

Historically associated with the Opium Wars between Britain and China in the 19th century, this species is still cultivated today for medicinal purposes as the natural source of morphine and codeine.

A look behind the battle lines of the industry’s real-life Game of Thrones, from the ever-shifting power struggles at Disney to the secret machinations at the top agencies. By Peter Kiefer There ...

Crewmembers from the doomed Mexican navy boat that smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge are gearing up to set sail again — this time on a hulking tank landing vessel. Nearly two weeks after the ...

Myanmar is on track for another year of record opium production, after overtaking Afghanistan as the largest producer in the world. The three options Elon Musk has to save Tesla Nicholas Pooran ...

A SEA shanty band has cancelled its Bournemouth gig amid modern slavery allegations, which the group says it denies. The Old Time Sailors were due to play the O2 Academy in Bournemouth on Thursday ...