The Boat Cove Chronicle 18th Century Maritime Newspaper - Issue 1

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Issue 1 of The Boat Cove Chronicle or The Mariner’s Illustrated Gazetteer.

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A maritime newspaper that captures the feeling of receiving news in 1750, arriving by the wind and tide, carried on the backs of weary travellers and the sails of grand ships.

  • Today’s maritime news stories and researched articles are written in 18th-century Old English.

  • Evocative printed illustrations and maps by‘Nelly P.’, hand-drawn in an 18th-century style.

  • Printed on genuine newsprint paper.

  • Printed on two 18th-century style large-format 18-inch sheets.

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Issue 1 of The Boat Cove Chronicle or The Mariner’s Illustrated Gazetteer.

FREE Shipping

A maritime newspaper that captures the feeling of receiving news in 1750, arriving by the wind and tide, carried on the backs of weary travellers and the sails of grand ships.

  • Today’s maritime news stories and researched articles are written in 18th-century Old English.

  • Evocative printed illustrations and maps by‘Nelly P.’, hand-drawn in an 18th-century style.

  • Printed on genuine newsprint paper.

  • Printed on two 18th-century style large-format 18-inch sheets.

The Boat Cove Chronicle brings you the news from England and across the globe. You'll find maritime tales of grand discoveries, harrowing voyages, and the day-to-day happenings of our world across the seas. All written in the beautiful, evocative Old English prose of the 18th century, and brought to life with original illustrations in the style of the era. Stories are dated as if the news just arrived from across the oceans. Each edition, faithfully printed as a genuine newspaper, is written as if the year were 1750.

ISSUE 1 - CONTENTS

NEWS From DAWLISH, The River TEIGN

  • A History of BOAT COVE, Dawlish in Devonshire

  • Advices of The Port of TEIGNMOUTH, Devonshire

NEWS From Around THE WORLD

  • LONDON - Daring exploits of HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES’ Royal Navy

  • PARIS - Mademoiselle Dorange becomes the youngest to complete the Vendée Globe sail race

  • DUBAI - United Arab Emirates’ Jebel Ali Port innovate cargo transport

  • SINGAPORE - The Port of Singapore works with Imperial College London on port sustainability

  • AUSTRALIA - The World’s premier sail race, SailGP, arrives in Sydney, Australia

  • PANAMA - The Panama Canal modernises ‘first-in, first-out’ shipping traffic