Wreckers: Disaster in the Age of Discovery Exclusive_Publications and partnerships " Steve Marsh

" Steve Marsh

topped with a jaunty pirate hat

with clear skies

Their ambitions fuelled a new view of the world - initiating a long era of trade and empire

from the Tudors to the Windsors

Wreckers: Disaster in the Age of Discovery Exclusive_Publications and partnerships " Steve MarshWhile figures such as Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan are celebrated for their maritime achievements reaching the Americas, India, and circumnavigating the globe focusing solely on these voyages distorts our perspective on the past. Many explorers ended up as castaways, clinging to the splintered timbers of their wrecked ships, while those who survived often faced resistance and ridicule from indigenous communities across