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Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

Mariner, Naval Officer, Nautical Historian, Author, Teacher

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Category Archives: The Age of Sail

Book Review: Ted Drover Ships Artist

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020
Ted Drover Ships Artist book cover

Ted Drover was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland in 1907. He had polio as a child which left him with one leg shorter than the other and gave him a distinctive walk but did not prevent him from living an … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Fishing, Marine Art, The Age of Sail

Book Review: Neptune’s Car: an American Legend

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020
Book cover; Neptune's Car

Paul Simpson has written another book about ships, life and voyages in the great days of sail. (The last was Around Cape Horn Once More, previously reviewed). This time he has told the story of the clipper Neptune’s Car, built … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, The Age of Sail

The Story of the Canadian Red Ensign, 1868-1965 – Video

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

Canada’s former national flag, the Canadian Red Ensign, evolved over the years as the nation grew. In this video, based on a talk he gave several times in 2016-2017, Charles D. Maginley outlines the history of the former national flag … Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Century Steamers, Canadian Coast Guard, Naval History, Pirates & Privateers, The Age of Sail

Book Review: Around Cape Horn Once More: the story of the French clipper ship Montebello

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020
book cover

In the 1920s and 30s quite a large number of retiring shipmasters who had started their careers in sail were writing their memoirs, while authors like Basil Lubbock, conscious that the days of commercial sail were effectively over, published popular … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, The Age of Sail | Tagged clipper, French Navy, The Age of Sail

Book Review: Return to Treasure Island and the Search for Captain Kidd

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

The book tells two stories. One is about undersea explorer Barry Clifford’s expeditions to Ile Sante-Marie off the eastern coast of Madagascar searching for the remains of Captain William Kidd’s ship, the Adventure Galley (Clifford was backed by TV’s Discovery … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Pirates & Privateers, The Age of Sail | Tagged Barry Clifford, Captain Kidd, pirates, Treasure Island

Book Review: Glorious Misadventures: Nicolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America.

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

Nicolai Rezanov was a minor Russian aristocrat in the time of Catherine the Great and the Tsars Paul and Alexander I. (He was born in 1764). Like others of his class, he competed for honours and preferment at the court … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, The Age of Sail | Tagged Junona i Avos, Krusenstern, Nicolai Rezanov, Russia

Book Review: Figureheads of the Royal Navy

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020
Figureheads of the Royal Navy book cover

Since the early years of the seventeenth century, figureheads have been a nearly universal feature of all except the smallest sailing warships and merchant ships. That includes ships built of iron and steel: any Tall Ship built today can be … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Naval History, The Age of Sail | Tagged David Pulvertaft, figureheads, Royal Navy

Book Review: Warships of the Napoleonic Era: Design, Development and Deployment

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

It would seem that a great many books on the age of fighting sail have been published during the last two decades. Lavery, Winfield and others may be thought to have covered the subject, but now we have this large … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Naval History, The Age of Sail | Tagged 17th century, 18th century, Admiralty, Napoleonic wars, National Maritime Museum, Revolutionary War, Robert Gardiner, Royal Navy, The Age of Sail, Trafalgar, Victory, warships

Book Review: Two Books about the Marine Art of John Ward and Kenneth Shoesmith

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

John Ward and Kenneth Shoesmith were marine artists who lived nearly a century apart and who illustrated very different types of ship, yet they had much in common. Both came from comparatively humble origins, both were successful and both died … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Marine Art, The Age of Sail | Tagged John Ward, Kenneth Shoesmith, marine art, ship paintings

Book Review: British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 book cover

In the last two decades, the British Navy has become quite a growth industry for academics, researchers, military analysts, ship enthusiasts and writers of stirring salt-water fiction. The Royal Navy may nowadays be in the second class as far as … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Naval History, The Age of Sail | Tagged Alexender Kent, Beaugean, Bolitho, British Navy, British warships, C.S. Forester, Jack Aubrey, Napoleonic wars, Patrick O'Brian, Rif Winfield, Royal Navy, The Age of Sail
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