Today the old Nantucket Lightship no longer watches over shoals off the Massachusetts coast. She has been transformed to a luxury home and charter boat. Postage.
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Pirate Ship Postcards
A old pirate ship out at sea
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An Authentic 1690 Pirate Map (with embellishments) Postcards
This is a real Pirate Map from 1690, but the part about the treasure (i.e. the narrative on the bottom, the title I added on top, and all the stuff in red) is made up. I added it just for fun, and it has no basis in any historic facts whatsoever. The map is from “Hack's descript of ye East Indies”, also known as The Buccaneer Atlas because it is based on the experience of William Hacke (the cartographer) in association with Captain Bartholomew Sharpe, the notorious Buccaneer, on various expeditions to the South Seas. No buried treasure, but a navigational aid for finding hidden rivers, bays and other hideaways or site for ambuscades. See my other maps for an unembellished version.
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Navy Chief iPhone 5 Case-Mate
Fantastic photo of the United States Navy in action as an F-18 launches off the deck of an aircraft carrier, Apple iPhone 5. Deck Plate Leadership from the CHIEF's.
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