How Arctic Whalers Heard about Waterloo
The 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo on June 18th 2015 is (understandably) getting a lot of coverage in the British press at the moment. For most British adults at the time, living in a state of war was all they knew, so the end of hostilities must have come as a great relief. It … Continue reading How Arctic Whalers Heard about Waterloo