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and the book is infused with a sense of wonder and dramatic discovery

the Peninsular War

the more my eyes adjusted to the stars twinkling at the cave's entrance

Breverton's Nautical Curiosities Collection_Royal Observatory Greenwich pocket watches Please note: this is aBreverton's Nautical Curiosities is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, the focus of this book is the unusual, the overlooked or the downright extraordinary. Thus, someone most of us do not know, Admiral William Brown, is given equal coverage to Admiral Nelson. Without Admiral Brown releasing Garibaldi, modern Italy might not exist. And without the barely known genius John Ericsson designing the Monitor,