Francis Drake

Above One of the two dry graving docks that are part of the Canning Docks in Liverpool. They were built by Henry Berry between 1765 and 1768 and served many ships involved in the Transatlantic slave trade.

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In search of sunken ships: reflections of Britain’s colonial past

Britain’s involvement in the Transatlantic slave trade and the historical injustices of colonialism and the British Empire have been much in the news in recent months. In Britain and the Ocean Road, maritime historian Ian Friel asks how Britain got caught up in these nefarious activities. Chris Catling reports on what the new book reveals.

Above Overlooking the landscape at Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum recreating Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, which helps to tell the Mayflower’s story.

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The Mayflower, 1620-2020: tracing voyages of discovery in Plymouth’s past

Four hundred years ago, the Mayflower carried around 100 would-be colonists across the Atlantic to found Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts. What can we learn of these voyagers, the city they left behind, and the impact they had on the indigenous people who were already living on the land where they settled? Carly Hilts reports.