The author, Englishman John Gabriel Stedman, was hired by the Dutch to help quell slave uprisings in their South American colony ... Hung Alive by the Ribs to a Gallows is based on a crude ...
Every shipwreck that lies off the coast of South Africa has a fascinating past ... distinguishing features (superstructure, masts, trawl gallows), hawse configurations (round, square, recessed ...