1915 The German cruiser Königsberg is scuttled in the Rufiji River, near Dar-es-Salam, after being cornered in dense mangroves by an English fleet. Durban pilot Denis Cutlerd uses his seaplane as a ...

The exhibition The Legend of the Treasure Fleet Continues opened on Tuesday at the China Maritime Museum in Shanghai to commemorate the 620th anniversary of Zheng He's legendary voyages to the ...

Zheng He (1371-1433), the ancient maritime exploration pioneer, was renowned for his seven historic voyages across the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), which aimed to ...

The first successful circumnavigation of the Earth, begun by Ferdinand Magellan and completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano, ...

A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"—his term for regions around the world once populated ...

A ‘murder map’ holds some surprises. The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the ...

Pinarayi Vijayan’s follow-up treatment overseas adds another chapter in the long and evolving history of medical voyages undertaken by the state’s political elite.

Despite the general misconception that relations between Ming China and the Melaka sultanate lapsed after the last voyages of Chinese Admiral Zheng He to Southeast Asia in 1433, tribute missions from ...

Let Me Solo Her, the Elden Ring legend who helped countless players defeat Malenia, the hardest boss in the game, has just reached 700,000 subscribers on YouTube. In a celebratory Q&A, he shares ...