sailing - Beautiful Nation Photos - Beautiful Nation Project ☸2024-03-28T22:18:23Zhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/feed/tag/sailingSailing Aboard Seadragonhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/sailing-seadragon2015-01-19T00:38:57.000Z2015-01-19T00:38:57.000ZLighthouse Keeperhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/lighthouse<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7253038?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div></div>seadragon rope funhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/seadragon-rope-fun2015-01-19T00:38:57.000Z2015-01-19T00:38:57.000ZLighthouse Keeperhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/lighthouse<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7253044?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Life aboard Seadragon is always an educational experience</p>
</div>fun aboard seadragonhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/fun-aboard-seadragon2015-01-19T00:38:57.000Z2015-01-19T00:38:57.000ZLighthouse Keeperhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/lighthouse<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7253053?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><iframe width="600" height="450" style="border: 0;" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d15150.789860425622!2d-64.60941551534424!3d18.315438449999995!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x8c056e11e3b20671%3A0x93355ae7d9de8e74!2sNorman+Island%2C+British+Virgin+Islands!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1421627676437" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>
</div>In Full Effecthttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/bnation-crew2015-01-19T00:38:57.000Z2015-01-19T00:38:57.000ZLighthouse Keeperhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/lighthouse<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7253061?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div></div>Norman Islandhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/norman-island2015-01-19T00:38:56.000Z2015-01-19T00:38:56.000ZLighthouse Keeperhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/lighthouse<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7253075?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>It is said that the island was named after a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate" title="Pirate" class="mw-redirect">pirate</a> who bought it or leased it at some point during the early 18th century,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Island#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> although supporting evidence for this contention is difficult to find.</p>
<p>However, Norman Island also has a documented history of pirate booty being stowed upon the island. In August 1750 a Spanish <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure" title="Treasure">treasure</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleon" title="Galleon">galleon</a> named <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_Guadalupe" title="Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe" class="mw-redirect">Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe</a></i> sought shelter from a storm on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> coast. The crew <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny" title="Mutiny">mutinied</a> and the treasure, said to consist of (amongst other things) 55 chests of silver coins, was loaded into two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilander" title="Bilander">Bilanders</a>, one of which was manned by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Lloyd" title="Owen Lloyd">Owen Lloyd</a>. The first vessel perished, but Lloyd escaped to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Croix,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. Croix</a>. After disposing of some of the money, he proceeded to Norman Island where the treasure was buried. Lloyd and his crew were later arrested in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">St. Eustatius</a>, but word of the treasure spread, and residents of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortola" title="Tortola">Tortola</a> went to Norman Island and dug it up for themselves. Part of the booty was later recovered by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_Fleming&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gilbert Fleming (page does not exist)">Gilbert Fleming</a>, Lieutenant-General of the Leeward Islands at the time, who travelled to Tortola with two companies of soldiers. Fleming persuaded Abraham Chalwill, the acting Lieutenant Governor of the British Virgin Islands (who had coincidentally lead the search for the treasure on Norman Island) to issue a proclamation whereby the treasure would be returned and the people who had dug it up would receive a one-third share as a reward.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Island#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup></p>
<p>There the historical record ends, but local rumours abound that a member of a well-known local family had been fishing near Norman Island and took shelter in one of the caves on the Western coast of Norman Island during a storm. The surge repeatedly banged his small boat against the walls of the cave, whilst the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_surge" title="Storm surge">storm surge</a> caused the water level to rise several feet. When the fortunate fisherman woke the next morning, a large number of rocks had broken off into his small craft, as had a small chest, supposedly filled with gold <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubloon" title="Doubloon">doubloons</a>. The story cannot be verified as no legal application for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_trove" title="Treasure trove">treasure trove</a> was ever made,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Island#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> but it is known that members of the family ceased being fisherman and left Tortola at about the time to open some shops in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Amalie,_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands">Charlotte Amalie</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. Thomas</a>.</p>
<p><iframe width="600" height="450" style="border: 0;" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d15150.789860425622!2d-64.60941551534424!3d18.315438449999995!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x8c056e11e3b20671%3A0x93355ae7d9de8e74!2sNorman+Island%2C+British+Virgin+Islands!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1421627676437" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>
<p>Rumours persist of more pirate gold to be found on Norman Island, although to date no applications have ever been made for treasure trove.</p>
</div>Sargassum sunrise Norman Islandhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/sargassum-sunrise2015-01-19T00:38:56.000Z2015-01-19T00:38:56.000ZLighthouse Keeperhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/lighthouse<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7253045?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Beautiful Sunrise aboard SeaDragon this morning with Sargassum in the distance.  <span>Sargassum is a genus of brown macroalgae in the order Fucales. Numerous species are distributed throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world, where they generally inhabit shallow water and coral reefs.</span></p>
</div>Off the coast of Sicilyhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/140-offthecoastofsicily2013-11-18T21:36:00.000Z2013-11-18T21:36:00.000ZTonia Lovejoyhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/1t0iivl53551v<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7252564?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><b>Sicily</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <span lang="it" xml:lang="it"><i>Sicilia</i></span> <span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Italian" title="Help:IPA for Italian">[siˈtʃiːlja]</a></span>) is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_in_the_Mediterranean" title="List of islands in the Mediterranean">largest island</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>; along with surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_of_Italy" title="Region of Italy" class="mw-redirect">autonomous region</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, the <b>Regione Siciliana</b>(Sicilian Region).</p>
<p>Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean. It extends from the tip of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apennine_peninsula" title="Apennine peninsula" class="mw-redirect">Apennine peninsula</a>, from which it is separated only by the narrow <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Messina" title="Strait of Messina">Strait of Messina</a>, towards the North African coast. Its most prominent landmark is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Etna" title="Mount Etna">Mount Etna</a>, which is at 3,320 m (10,890 ft) the tallest active <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano">volcano</a> in Europe and one of the most active in the world. The island has a typical<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean climate</a>.</p>
<p>The earliest archeological evidence of human dwelling on the island dates from as early as 8000 BC. At around 750 BC, Sicily was host to a number of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenician</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks_in_Italy" title="Greeks in Italy">Greek colonies</a> and for the next 600 years it was the site of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek-Punic_wars" title="Greek-Punic wars" class="mw-redirect">Greek–Punic</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punic_Wars" title="Punic Wars">Roman–Punic wars</a>, which ended with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Carthage" title="Destruction of Carthage" class="mw-redirect">destruction</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Carthage" title="History of Carthage">Carthage</a>. After the fall of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> in the 5th century AD, Sicily often changed hands, and during the early Middle Ages it was ruled in turn by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals" title="Vandals">Vandals</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrogoths" title="Ostrogoths">Ostrogoths</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantines</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Sicily" title="Emirate of Sicily">Arabs</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_southern_Italy" title="Norman conquest of southern Italy">Normans</a>. Later on, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sicily" title="Kingdom of Sicily">Kingdom of Sicily</a> lasted between 1130 and 1816, first subordinated to the crowns of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Aragon" title="Crown of Aragon">Aragon</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Spain" title="Crown of Spain" class="mw-redirect">Spain</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>, and finally unified under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbons" title="Bourbons" class="mw-redirect">Bourbons</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Naples" title="Kingdom of Naples">Naples</a>, as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies" title="Kingdom of the Two Sicilies">Kingdom of the Two Sicilies</a>. Following the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_of_the_Thousand" title="Expedition of the Thousand">Expedition of the Thousand</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi" title="Giuseppe Garibaldi">Giuseppe Garibaldi</a>-led revolt during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Unification" title="Italian Unification" class="mw-redirect">Italian Unification</a> process and a plebiscite, it became part of Italy in 1860. After the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_of_the_Italian_Republic" title="Birth of the Italian Republic" class="mw-redirect">birth of the Italian Republic</a> in 1946, Sicily was given special status as an autonomous region.</p>
<p>Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Sicily" title="Music of Sicily">music</a>, literature, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_cuisine" title="Sicilian cuisine">cuisine</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Baroque" title="Sicilian Baroque">architecture</a>. Sicily also holds importance for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archeological" title="Archeological" class="mw-redirect">archeological</a> and ancient sites such as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necropolis_of_Pantalica" title="Necropolis of Pantalica">Necropolis of Pantalica</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_dei_Templi" title="Valle dei Templi">Valley of the Temples</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selinunte" title="Selinunte">Selinunte</a>.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily" target="_blank">Source</a>]</p>
<p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Sicily&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sicily&t=m&z=8&source=embed" id="my_href" name="my_href"><img src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?language=en&center=Sicily&zoom=8&size=560x365&format=png32&maptype=roadmap&markers=Sicily&sensor=false" id="my_src" height="365" width="560" name="my_src" /></a></p>
</div>Sailing the Indian Oceanhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/sailingthe-indianocean2013-11-18T03:25:05.000Z2013-11-18T03:25:05.000ZTonia Lovejoyhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/1t0iivl53551v<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7252527?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>The <b>Indian Ocean</b> is the third largest of the world's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">oceanic</a> divisions, covering approximately 20% of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water" title="Water">water</a> on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>'s surface.<sup id="cite_ref-Rasul_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean#cite_note-Rasul-1">[1]</a></sup> It is bounded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>—including<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, after which the ocean is named<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>—on the north, on the west by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, on the east by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, and on the south by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ocean" title="Southern Ocean">Southern Ocean</a> (or, depending on definition, by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup></p>
<p>As one component of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Ocean" title="World Ocean" class="mw-redirect">World Ocean</a>, the Indian Ocean is delineated from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_meridian_east" title="20th meridian east">20° east meridian</a> running south from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Agulhas" title="Cape Agulhas">Cape Agulhas</a>, and from the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> by the meridian of 146°55' east.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> The northernmost extent of the Indian Ocean is approximately <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th_parallel_north" title="30th parallel north">30° north</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>. The ocean is nearly 10,000 km (6,200 mi) wide at the southern tips of Africa and Australia, and its area is 73,556,000 km² (28,350,000 mi²),<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> including the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>.</p>
<p>The Indian Ocean's volume is estimated to be 292,131,000 km³ (70,086,000 mi³).<sup id="cite_ref-Bibliography_9-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean#cite_note-Bibliography-9">[9]</a></sup> Small islands dot the continental rims. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_country" title="Island country">Island nations</a> within the ocean are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>(the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_by_area" title="List of islands by area">world's fourth largest island</a>), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. The archipelago of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> borders the ocean on the east.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean" target="_blank">Source</a>]</p>
<p><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Indian_Ocean-CIA_WFB_Map.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Indian_Ocean-CIA_WFB_Map.png" class="align-full" /></a></p>
</div>Nothing like the Maldiveshttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/nothinglikethe-maldives2013-11-18T03:25:04.000Z2013-11-18T03:25:04.000ZTonia Lovejoyhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/1t0iivl53551v<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7252537?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><b>Maldives</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> officially the <b>Republic of the Maldives</b><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives#cite_note-10">[nb 1]</a></sup> and also referred to as the <b>Maldive Islands</b>, is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_country" title="Island country">island nation</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> consisting of a double <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">chain</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atolls_of_the_Maldives" title="Atolls of the Maldives">twenty-six</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atolls</a>, oriented north-south, that lie between <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maliku_Atoll" title="Maliku Atoll" class="mw-redirect">Minicoy Island</a> (the southernmost part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>) and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago" title="Chagos Archipelago">Chagos Archipelago</a>. The chains stand in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccadive_Sea" title="Laccadive Sea">Laccadive Sea</a>, about 700 kilometres (430 mi) south-west of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> and 400 kilometres (250 mi) south-west of India.</p>
<p>For the majority of its history, the Maldives has been an independent polity, despite three instances during which it was ruled by outside forces. In the mid-15th century, for fifteen years, the Maldives was dominated by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a>. In the mid-17th century, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Empire" title="Dutch Empire">Dutch Empire</a> (Malabar) dominated Maldives for four months. Finally, in the late 19th century, on the brink of war, the Maldives became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> protectorate from 1887 until 1965. The Dutch referred to the islands as the "Maldivische Eilanden" (<small>pronounced </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Dutch_and_Afrikaans" title="Help:IPA for Dutch and Afrikaans">[mɑlˈdivisə ˈɛi̯lɑndə(n)]</a></span>),<sup class="Template-Fact">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> while the British <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicisation" title="Anglicisation">anglicised</a> the local name for the islands first to the "Maldive Islands" and later to the "Maldives". The islands gained <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Republic_of_the_Maldives" title="Second Republic of the Maldives" class="mw-redirect">independence</a> from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> in 1965 and became a<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">republic</a> in 1968 ruled by a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" title="President of the Maldives">president</a> and an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism" title="Authoritarianism">authoritarian</a> government.</p>
<p><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/125px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/125px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" class="align-full" /></a></p>
<p>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" target="_blank">Source</a>]</p>
</div>Nautor Swan Sailing ketch Makuluhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/nautorswansailingketch-makulu2013-11-18T03:25:04.000Z2013-11-18T03:25:04.000ZTonia Lovejoyhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/1t0iivl53551v<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7252524?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span>IF wind, weather and luck hold out, the crew of the Makulu II, a 43-foot sailboat-turned-cyberspace-classroom, is expected to complete a two-year voyage around the world on Saturday by sailing into a Florida marina not far from where it started. But that news would hardly be a surprise to the thousands, perhaps millions, of students and the simply curious who have been following the crew's exploits and explorations by way of e-mail and the crew's Web site.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/09/technology/two-years-before-the-mast-and-the-computer.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm" target="_blank">Read the article on New York Times</a></p>
</div>Sailing the Corinth Canal Greecehttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/sailingthecorinthcanal2013-11-18T03:25:04.000Z2013-11-18T03:25:04.000ZTonia Lovejoyhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/1t0iivl53551v<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7252516?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Sailing the Corinth Canal in Greece  <span>The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from the Greek mainland and therefore effectively makes the former an island. The canal is 6.3 kilometres in length and was built between 1881 and 1893.</span></p>
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<p>The <b>Corinth Canal</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el" xml:lang="el">Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου</span>, <i>Dhioryga tis Korinthou</i>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal" title="Canal">canal</a> that connects the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Corinth" title="Gulf of Corinth">Gulf of Corinth</a> with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saronic_Gulf" title="Saronic Gulf">Saronic Gulf</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a>. It cuts through the narrow <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isthmus_of_Corinth" title="Isthmus of Corinth">Isthmus of Corinth</a> and separates the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesus" title="Peloponnesus" class="mw-redirect">Peloponnesian</a> peninsula from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greek</a> mainland, thus effectively making the former an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island" title="Island">island</a>. The builders dug the canal through the Isthmus at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a>; no locks are employed. It is 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) in length and only 21.4 metres (70 ft) wide at its base, making it impassable for most modern ships. It now has little economic importance.</p>
<p>The canal was mooted in classical times and an abortive effort was made to build it in the 1st century AD. Construction finally got underway in 1881 but was hampered by geological and financial problems that bankrupted the original builders. It was completed in 1893, but due to the canal's narrowness, navigational problems and periodic closures to repair<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide" title="Landslide">landslides</a> from its steep walls, it failed to attract the level of traffic anticipated by its operators. It is now used mainly for tourist traffic.</p>
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