Rajasthan Royals

It was seventeen hundred and forty eight in the year of our lord, when silver waves of purpose and determination collided into the jagged, rocky bluffs of Edisto Island. The salty spray had little time to dissipate before the next thundering crash pounded into its levying boarders. And with the rolling of the tide came three demanding ships. Occupied by three hundred souls per vessel. Nine hundred men with a cause and mission. The serenity of peaceful blue skies garnished by flights of seagulls…

The sound of drunken laughter and the lively tune of the cabin boy’s fiddle mixed with the whistle of the wind and the harsh wail of seagulls filled the decks of the Blue Anne. It was the finest night the crew had seen in three moon cycles, so a bit of drinking seemed inevitable. Boots pounding against the salt weathered wood while bottles of ale clinked in celebration. A few of the completely intoxicated men had taken to dancing a merry jig around the perimeter of the ship, while others…

U.S. Navy Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan’s thesis, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 (1890), argued that control of the sea was crucial to world dominance, which led to the United States’ military and strategic interest in imperialism at the end of the 19th century. His book also stimulated the naval race among the great world powers and caused the U.S. to emerge into naval supremacy. Control of the sea indicated control of trade, which essentially meant control of the world. Mahan…

When Captain Amasa Delano visits the San Dominick he notices the tension between Babo and Don Benito Cereno while Babo is shaving Benito Cereno’s beard, “not unaffected by the close right of the gleaming steel, Don Benito nervously shuddered” (Melville 74). The tension between Babo and Cereno is ironic because Captain Delano does not understand what is actually going on between the two characters, creating tension between Captain Delano and the ship as a whole. Babo appears as the servant…

In this piece there sits a partially bald white Male navy sailor with a white muscle shirt on with black pants, his black navy uniform is hanging on his lap, and a black US sailor hat hanging on the back of his head.This sailor is holding a white object in his hands which are resting in his lap- I cannot make out what it is. His hands are chubby, but, he is not. The back of his hands are tattooed; ONLY the back of his hands -- not the finger tips. Moving up on his left arm, on his bicep, he has…

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ID: Naval Blunders The term “Naval Blunders” talks about how Britain’s mistakes at sea cost them the Revolution. The British had a fully militarized navy, compared to the colonists. However, one of the mistakes that the British made during the war was that they unknowingly caused the spread of disease amongst their crew and thus were responsible for the deaths of their soldiers. The British ships, while large, often housed hundreds of troops, in unsanitary conditions. Most of the…

Karel Capek published the book The War With the Newts in 1936. It was a satire on the policies of the Allies of Adolf Hitler. When a sea captain, Captain Van Toch, discovers a new species, he decided to train them to walk on their hind legs, and communicate. He also teaches them to dive for pearls. He receives money from the Dutch conglomerate to ship this new species, the Newts, to similar islands where pearl harvests have been impossible or unproductive. Eventually, it is determined that the…

The New General Zaroff Rainsford wakes up the next morning and, surprisingly, does not feel regretful of killing General Zaroff. Now that he has hunted the most dangerous game as well, he understands how General Zaroff felt. As he is walking downstairs, he finds a large group of General Zaroff’s workers crowded around the entrance. There, waiting, is another sailor who was stranded by his crew. Rainsford, afraid the man was a brigand, curiously hurried towards everyone. “Who are you?”…

Surprisingly the ship's second and first classes had already been checked for diseases and let off. But, bad news came upon us,the third class were told that they had to wait until a ferryboat came and got us, for “further immigrant processing.” I knew it was probably going to be a few hours before we could get off our boat. The ferryboat finally arrived and we hopped on. We all battled with our luggage and eventually sat down. We all talked and socialized and before we knew it, we were there.…