Benerson Little

"The trident of Neptune is the scepter of the world."*

Links to previous newsletters are at the foot of the images below.

The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite by Nicolas Poussin, 1634.

Botticelli's Venus.

Bougereau's Venus.

Cabanel's Venus.

Allegorical image of Christopher Columbus by Theodore de Bry, with mythical sea gods and sea creatures.

Theodore de Bry's Mermaids.

Draper's Ulysses and sirens.

Herbert Draper's The Sea Maiden being captured by fishermen.

Sir Edward John Poynter's Cave of the Storm Nymphs--of sirens, that is.

Ekwall's fisherman and siren.

And for a modern take, Neptune at the entrance to the Treasure Island casino in Las Vegas.


Read past sea news.

Sea News: September - December 2011
Sea News: August 2010-July 2011
Sea News: August-October 2010
Sea News April-June 2010
Sea News January 2010
Sea News, July 2009
Sea News, Oct 2008 - Feb 2009
Sea News September-October 2008
Sea News August 2008
Sea News July 2008
Sea News May-June, 2008
Sea News April Update
Sea News April 2008
Sea News March 2008
Sea News February 2008

* By Antoine Marin Lemierre, from his poem "Commerce." (Le trident de Neptune est le sceptre du monde.)

Sea News

Sea News April Update

April 11, 2008

Updated information regarding the Somali pirates who seized the vessel Le Ponant: French commandos launched a raid on the pirates after the hostages were released, capturing six of the modern day sea rovers and recovering a significant portion of the $2 million ransom. News reports have not identified the commandos, except to note that fifty commandos-marine were nearby, as was a small team of GIGN. (Sources: BBC, Times Online)For details, see http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3671544.ece

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Thirteen notorious pirates and how they got away with it.

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The history of pirate hunting from antiquity to the present.

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To really understand what the pirate's world was like: how buccaneers lived, fought, and died.

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A colorful and detailed description of how pirates and privateers practiced their trade.

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Better World Books
Helping fund world literacy.
FetchBook
Find and price books online.
Fair Winds Press
Author's publisher.
Potomac Books
Author's publisher.
American Library Association
Defending against book banning.
Authors Guild
Writers' advocacy.
Writer Beware
A service of the SFWA.
Reader's Circle
Source for book clubs.
Alabama Writers' Forum
Promoting literary arts.
The Rafael Sabatini Society
Author of Captain Blood and more.
Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
In Ft. Pierce, Florida.
UDT-SEAL Association
Team members and associates.
Naval Special Warfare Foundation
Helping NSW families.
Special Operations Warrior Foundation
Aiding families of killed & wounded warriors.
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
Supporting Navy and Marine families.
NavySEALs.com
SEAL gear and more.
AuthentiSEAL
Exposing SEAL imposters.
Naval Oceanography Portal
Several important links.
Census of the Sea
Surveying ocean life.
IUCN Marine Index
Nature conservation.
NOAA Ocean
Monitoring and exploration.
Greenpeace USA Oceans
Pro-ocean, anti-whaling.
MountainRunner Public Diplomacy
Strategic communication.
Armstrong Strategic Insights Group
A MountainRunner site.
Global Guerrillas
21st century options.
ONI Piracy Reports
Office of Naval Intelligence.
MARAD Horn of Africa Piracy
US Maritime Administration.
MARLO Bahrain
Maritime Liaison Office.
NATO Shipping Centre
Mediterranean and Gulf of Aden.
EU NAVFOR Somalia
Somali piracy.
ReCAAP ISC Anti-Piracy
Piracy in Asia.
IMB Piracy Reporting Centre
International Maritime Bureau.
International Maritime Organization
Protecting shipping and seafarers.
Maritime Information Centre
Shipping news.
Shiptalk
Shipping news.
National Hurricane Center
NOAA hurricane site.
Tropical Storm Risk
Tropical storm forecasting.
SCUBA Diving News
A thorough site.
International Shark Attack File
Debunking shark attack myths.
Hitchcock Photography
Excellent photography in N. Alabama
elzora.com Photography
Excellent photography in Dayton.
Bayshots Photography
Excellent maritime photography.
Dr. Philip Boucher
Colonial French Caribbean history.
Howard Pyle
Classic American illustrator.
Pirates and Privateers
Sea roving on the web.
Les Archives de la Flibuste
Superb "Golden Age" archive.
Pauline's Pirates and Privateers
Great blog on pirates & privateers.
Operation Phips
Sunken English vessel 1691.
Queen Anne’s Revenge Shipwreck
Believed to be Blackbeard's.
No Quarter Given
All things pirate.
Fort Toulouse
French fort in Alabama.
Compagnie Franche
Fort Toulouse reenactors.
Pirates Ahoy
Pirate games and more.
Hot Pirate Babes
Pirate babes calendar and more!
Loyalist Arms
Reproduction historical arms.
Loyalist Arms Film Services
Film production props & services.
Old Sutler John
Pirate gear.
Tudor Age Arms
Black powder arms by Michael O'Harrow.
Gentlemen of Fortune
Research on pirate clothing & arms.
Bilgemunky
All things piratey.
War Studios
Weapons choreograpy & training by Luke Lafontaine.
Hollywood Combat Center
Replica swords by David Baker.
Cold Steel
Outstanding swords & knives.
HMCA
Historical maritime combat.
Kult of Athena
Best prices for quality swords.
Huntsville Fencing Club
Huntsville, Alabama.
United States Fencing Association
The governing body.
Hagar the Horrible
By Chris Browne.
Non Sequitur
By Wiley Miller.
Grimmy
By Mike Peters.
Shoe
By Chris Cassatt & Gary Brookins.
Popeye the Sailor
All things Popeye.