The release of a book about the Edwin Fox celebrates the ship and her role in connecting the world in the latter part of the 19th century. The Edwin Fox: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the World in the Age of Globalization, 1850 - 1914 is co-written .
Two Canadian professors are visiting Whanganui to discuss their latest book, which is about the complex and rich legacy of one of the oldest existing ships.
Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Sam Truett, associate professor of History and director of the Center for the Southwest at The University of New Mexico, will present the Indigenous Borderlands in North America Symposium.
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