#TheWorldThatWas

The re-created HMS Bounty, which sank in Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

The sea has been the main artery of cultural transformations throughout history

Lincoln Paine’s new book “The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World.” looks at the importance of the world’s seas and oceans through history for the exchange of goods, people, ideas and religion.

Union army telegraph operators just after the battle of Gettysburg. The Civil War is sometimes described as the first information war. Intercepted messages landed on Abraham Lincoln's desk.

The history of electronic surveillance, from Abraham Lincoln’s wiretaps to Operation Shamrock

Conflict & Justice