#end of the age of sail

[ltwilliammowett]

Wreck of the schooner Kyle Spangler (launched 1856) which sank 1860 off Presque Isle, Great Lakes , photo by Becky Kagan Schott

[cleocatrablossy]

She would be a haunted house kid in high school.

After this it was agreed that Mabel has to give some warning before she pops up after more practice so as to not give anyone a heart attack.

[aye-aye-captain]

Jared Harris as Captain Anderson ⏐To the Ends of the Earth (2005)⏐ 12/?

[mamwieleimion]

I have this new take on Elrond and his looks/connection to his ancestry/how he's precived.

This is something of a cumulation of posts I have read that talked about things like:

How people see Elrond as physically most a like to people they want to see at first

How Elrond accidentally became a Patron of Unions/Marriage

How Men think he's incredibly Elven and Elves think he looks a lot like a Men

How no matter how he dressed in Valinor his always gonna turn heads and concerned questions (specially from the Noldor)

And of him being more Maia/Eldritch

Him being a Feanorian (I don't really know if that's relevant but I see him as one so that might affect how I write about him below 👇)

(some of these can be found on my profile/in my posts if anyone interested)

Alright, having said all that, I can now being.

So, men don't really have great memory of times past. But! Let's assume that some kind of knowledge of Doriath had survived long enough into the Second Age, that when Men generally knew about Rivendell they had accidentally between generations lost the distinction between Doriath and Rivendell.

Let's be honest, if the common folk have such stories, then somethings must get lost between generations. And the nobles also at some point might have for some time lost the distinction, I would totally believe that.

Anyways, and so, there is this legend/myth going around Men that the Hidden Elven City is and always was Rivendell (they might get a little fussed up with Gondolin but less so than Doriath I think). And they all agree that the Realm/City is ruled by a powerful being/spirit (they don't remember maiar anymore, but if they did, it would be a Maia ruling the Hidden Elven City/Realm).

So sometimes, when an injured man stumbles his way into Rivendell, and maybe they make the connection with our lovely Valley and their myths/legends. And then they are introduced to the healer who brought them back from the brink of death (Lord of the Valley Elrond). The men is pretty sure it was a woman ruling the Hidden Elven City, but it also could've meant Lord Elrond's wife (she probably passed away, the men mused later to justify his own thoughts. Because the death of a spouse isn't something new to men), or really, the Lord is beautiful enough to pass for a woman. The men doesn't say anything, he stays respectful. And when he leaves, he talks about the spirit who brought him back from the dead, saved him with a miracle from the heavens, of his kindness and beauty. The myth grows.

And maybe, along the way this belief becomes so strong something in Elrond awakens. After all, the blood of Ainur is strong, was strong in Luthien, almost overwhelming her elven nature. Was visible in Dior as all who looked at him found themselves failing to their knees in awe, feeling the fulfilment of their search for beauty. It had became stronger in Elwing, who used the Silmaril as the only light in her life, who as a small girl-queen only had this one thing left of her family. Elwing who unknowingly became stronger from this exposure, who feed her Ainur blood with light and strengthened herself until when she fell all Ulmo had to do to change her form was to give her a push in the right direction.

And it all came down to Elrond. Elrond who as a child, a newborn, was exposed to the light of the Silmaril, who after his kidnapping/impromptu adoption was nurtured by two powerful Elves of Valinor, by Eldest Sons of Feanor the Fire Spirit, who despite what some would like to forget had the blood of Finwë running in his veins alongs side the blood of Melian and Thingol. Elrond who held a Ring of Power and stood straight under its weight, who created a sanctuary in the darkness. The Lord of Rivendell who, knowingly or not, had created the only thing that could rival the Griddle of Doriath and even surpass it with it's complexity.

Elrond had became something more along the way. Even though many saw a man in him, others an elf. Elrond lived up to his ancestors and became more as they have. The Lord of Rivendell became a legend, a myth, a figure and an idea. And you can't kill ideas. So what if, he was something more? It didn't really matter at the end, because it was Elrond, kind as summer and wise as a wizard. And he protected his people.

So, when he sailed to Valinor, the only people who were suprised by his power/presence he had were those who never met him before. If a few Maiar were watching invisibly to elves as he arrived and he saw them then what? No one will call him out.

And even if he had became more elf than men, and then more Maia than elf along his long journey of life. It doesn't change anything at the end. Because the Lord of Rivendell was still the same.

[dreamdancerdotfile]

got my own theme music

plays wherever I are

(x)

[the-golden-vanity]

RIP Belgica crew, if you knew what fanfiction writers were doing to the Terror and Erebus crews, you'd probably be jealous.

[benjhawkins]

Here we have what remains of the Evelina M. Goulart, built at the A.D. Story Shipyard (now the Essex Shipbuilding Museum) in Essex Massachusetts in 1927.

What made her unique was she fished year round- during summer she’d be fitted with a bowsprit and tall fore topmast for swordfishing, and in winter fitted for dragging fishing nets.

In this portrait by Alvaro Acores you can see how she would have been rigged for winter fishing, with a pilot house built over the wheel.

She is only one of seven remaining Essex-built fishing schooners, and has been relatively unchanged since 1927. She continued fishing until she was damaged and sunk by Hurricane Gloria in 1985. She was raised and donated to the museum

Today she sits in the shipyard where she was built as an example of one of the hundreds of vessels that were built in Essex and all across New England.

And here’s me for scale!

[lenievi]

thank you!

I know a lot aren't active anymore since I've had this tumblr since 2014, but thanks to everyone who've followed me for Star Trek in the last four years, and to anyone who interacts with my posts, and who is staying despite me jumping from ship to ship, character to character, and who enjoys my rambling <3

[thekenobee]

Master and Commander- Crack 3

[ltwilliammowett]

Turban Shell with a scrimshaw of the Great Eastern. Hand engraved, onboard ship, "with a penknife" by C H Wood 1866

This presentation piece was commisioned by the ship's Chief Engineer William Driver, for his brother Charles in 1866, to commemorate the laying of the transatlantc telegraph cable.

The inscriptions, in addition to the ship's dimensions, read:

 "A Present from the Gt Eastern (Lying in the River Mersey)."

"To Charles Driver from his brother William"

"As a gratifying remembrance of laying the submarine Telegraph Cable of 1866 from England and America, and recovering the last Cable of 1865. And with triumphant success accomplished the laying of that also"

"J Anderson Commander"  (Sir James Anderson was Captain of the Great Eastern from 1865 to 1866)

"W Driver Chief Engineer S crew"

signed Eng "With a penknife by C Wood.

[immamapletreekid]

i am the most predictable person with the most predictably pathetic tastes in the history of predictable pathetic taste

[tatteredxsails]

Like for a starter from Ed!

♡ Multi's, please specify which muse you're using in a comment ♡ If you have an idea you'd like to try out, please don't hesitate to pitch it to me ♡ Not mutual exclusive, but semi-selective ♡ Ed's posts are generally darker in tone

[aye-aye-captain]

Jared Harris as Captain Anderson ⏐To the Ends of the Earth (2005)⏐ 2/?

[doverstar]

just cannot stop thinking about fire and hemlock by diana wynne jones. it keeps spiraling back into my brain. can't stop. going to have to read it again-

[thebaffledcaptain]

Some more drawings from dear old whaleman George Folger. I loved these because you can tell he's revisiting them; he's determined to get them right, even when no one is going to see them.

The doodles are also getting sparser, to my disappointment. It's a little bit sad, honestly—whereas he started the log with his name in big block letters, once you get a year, two years into the voyage, the drawings kind of just fade out. Perhaps they're losing their novelty.

[neosatsuma]

*thinks about Black Sails and ExU: Calamity at once*

*begins full-body trembling like a chihuahua*