High Seas Quotes
Voyages, danger, and the history carried by the ocean.
These high seas quotes cover both the romance and the danger of ocean travel, from watching storms batter a ship from the safety of land to being taken prisoner during a wartime voyage toward Australia. Together they capture how unpredictable life at sea has long been.
Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.
It so happened that I was on a German sailing vessel on the way to Australia when the ship was captured, and on the high seas I was made prisoner by the French.
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). Dozens of nations have agreed to join in monitoring and, if necessary, intercepting and boarding ships on the high seas in the event they are suspected of engaging in one or both of these threatening activities.
The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate battle flag, it was sadly the Stars and Stripes.
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One quote turns more serious, pointing out that a widely recognized flag, not the one usually blamed, was historically flown during the era of maritime slavery, a sobering reminder of the ocean's difficult past alongside modern boarding and monitoring efforts.
