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The first full length album by Indie Folk rockers Fleet Foxes is a soulful, melodic debut complete with reverb drenched guitars and vocals reminiscent of a bygone era.

Fleet Foxes's self-titled debut album impresses worldwide audience with its exquisite vocal harmonies and lyrical poetry.

Banished from their homeland in 1787, more than 750 of Britain's convicts were launched on a perilous sea voyage to the other side of the world.

Find out the itemised account of the First Fleets provisions, in order to better understand the care that it took in setting up the first ever settlement of Australia.

David Hill offers a fascinating and factual account of the preparation and journey of the First Fleet and the establishment of a British colony in Sydney, Australia.

The Battle of the Yalu River took place on September 17, 1894 between the Chinese and Japanese Navies during the Sino-Japanese War.

Triple Crown winner Count Fleet sired the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes victors of 1951. In 2009, Birdstone became the first stallion to match that accomplishment.

Sired by Reigh Count, a Kentucky Derby champion, Count Fleet was eventually compared to Man o' War. His jockey, Johnny Longden, convinced his owner not to sell the colt.

At the close of World War One, the victorious allies ordered that the powerful and undefeated High Seas Fleet present itself for interment until a final peace.

London's Fleet Street is where the the first book printed on a printing press in the 16th-century. By the end of the 17th-century the 'street of ink' was born

The Temple area has housed London's legal profession since 1320. One of London's most atmospheric areas. Lit by old gas lamps, it is perfect for a visit to the past.

More than forty of the 74 ships of the Imperial German Navy's High Sea Fleet only left their final anchorage as scrap if at all.

Interned at the close of World War One in Scotland the German fleet chose to scuttle itself at anchor rather than surrender

In the history of thoroughbred racing, Reigh Count, Count Fleet, and Count Turf were the first triple generation Kentucky Derby champs. Fleet's daughter foaled Kelso.

It's hard to imagine a filmmaker more perfectly suited to stage a cinematic version of Stephen Sondheim's popular musical than director Tim Burton (Alice in Wonderland).

Writing a novel requires an idea, the right words, and something extra. Writer Susan Fleet shares the secrets of her approach to writing, from idea to execution.

A recent documentary by BBC chronicles the vicious battle between the Americans and Japanese for control of Midway Island during WWII.

There were four Triple Crown winners in the 1940s. Two of them, Count Fleet and Citation, became high profile stallions, but Whirlaway and Assault had other attributes.

The famous Fish Market at Brixham Harbour on the English Riviera is having a multi-million pound transformation which will offer a unique experience to visitors.

Nissan SA is bucking the trend in the current economic environment. Despite the industry downturn , it intends growing its market.

London has so many attractions that it is easy to stay in the centre. However there are dozens of unusual places less than an hour from downtown for both kids and adults.

With new music overwhelming the market, it can be challenging to weed through it to find the best bands. Here are the top five recommendations of an iTunes junkie.

The Fairey Swordfish was approaching obsolescence at the outbreak of World War II and despite that handicap it was still in front-line service on VE Day.

A century before Columbus began the period of colonial empire, in Ming Dynasty China, a fleet under Admiral Zheng He visited Indonesia, India and even East Africa.

From 1382 until 1918 this force was one of the largest in the world. Often bloodied but never beaten it disappeared from the oceans with a whimper.

Like Admiral Kimmel at Pearl Harbor in 1941, Russian Admiral Stark was the incorrect scapegoat for defeat in 1904 at the hands of the same attacker.

While many of Empire at War's gamers chose to pay as the expensive and brutal Empire, the forces of the Rebel Alliance are just as powerful, but twice as stealthy.

Usually wars are fought by rival armies attacking each other on land, the First Anglo-Dutch War was fought entirely at sea.

On 21 October 1805 Admiral Nelson achieved his most spectacular naval victory only to lose his life. Every year the event is commemorated on Trafalgar Day.

The Imperial Japanese Navy's attempt to prevent the fall of the Mariana Islands resulted in the Pacific War's greatest clash of carrier aircraft over the Philippine Sea.

Honor veterans and celebrate Memorial Day at the Oregon Coast during Loyalty Days in Newport and Fleet of Flowers in Depoe Bay, or celebrate at the Rhododendron Festival.

The Pearl Harbor bombing by Japanese carrier aircraft and subs came as a surprise to U.S. commanders in Oahu, Hawaii the morning of December 7, 1941.

Revered by her enemies, the U.S.S. Enterprise did what few other ships could in World War 2: Survive the entire war.

Five years before the famous Admiral Dewey sailed into victory in Manila Bay, a fellow Annapolis graduate had already been in command of a modern battleship

A naval adventurer who saw service from New Orleans to the Yalu River and back over the last half of the 19th Century.

Elizabeth, now a real Grandma Goose, entertains her grandchildren with song and stories, but ruffles her son-in-law's feathers.

In 1982 the world saw the only major naval conflcit of the latter half of the 20th Century. This was a war of the antiship cruise missle, submarines and aircraft carriers

Boston is a city offering history going all the way back to the American Revolution and beyond. Here are three unique ways on bike, boat or Duck to see the city.

The story of a doomed operation in February 1942 against impossible odds and the man who became the first Fleet Air Arm winner of the highest recognition for valour.

New and fast, the Zhemchug was a bright star in the Russian Imperial Navy during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905

The tensions that began to build in the previous week's episode exploded on Friday night as Lieutenant Gaeta and Tom Zarek put their plan into action .

Anne Bonny, Charlotte de Berry and Ching Shih are but a few of the names of famous female pirates who sailed the high seas in search of adventure and plunder.

In the early 13th century, the most feared man to sail the waters of the English channel was a former monk named Eustace - a talented and storied adventurer.

For those American patriots who believed that Divine Providence favored their cause, the unlikely victory at Yorktown, Virginia provided proof for the ages.

England is a tiny nation on the island of Great Britain. Yet in spite of its small size and population, it came to rule the world's oceans for nearly two hundred years.

America's Mother Goose, before she found feathery fame, was just plain old Elizabeth Foster who was born in Charleston, Massachusetts in 1665.

In 54 BC, Julius Caesar very nearly conquered Britain.

Although Jackie Robinson is honored as the first black major league player in the modern era, an Ohio athlete and civil rights advocate preceded him by 60 plus years.

The earliest English ships bound for America took a southern route, but later navigators favored a shorter northern route. Prevailing winds led the way.

The 3rd annual Auckland Seafood Festival moves from the Fish Market to the Halsey Street Wharf Extension and from September to Auckland's Anniversary Weekend in January.