Sentence examples for seafaring in from inspiring English sources

At the age of seventeen, he began six years of seafaring in the French merchant marine and Navy.

And it suggests a vision of seafaring in which celebrated figures from the realms of art and politics serve as landmarks.

In Crete a collection of stone tools dated to at least 130,000 years ago provided the earliest-known evidence for seafaring in the Mediterranean and possibly the world pushing back the date by more than 110,000 years.

Stone tools found there, archaeologists say, are at least 130,000 years old, which is considered strong evidence for the earliest known seafaring in the Mediterranean and cause for rethinking the maritime capabilities of prehuman cultures.

For while his subject matter is often academic (the role of seafaring in the creation of African-American identity; an exposition of Othello's self-doubt as an outsider; the socio-economic collapse that exacerbated right-wing anxiety in Belgium), he argues eloquently for a liberal, and thus liberating perspective, and his coruscating prose is captivating.

Prior to the discovery, the earliest datable evidence for seafaring in the region had come in the form of 13,000-year-old obsidian flakes found at Franchthi Cave on the Greek mainland, the volcanic glass having been sourced on the island of Melos, 130 km (80 mi) offshore.

-- Stephen Dohemy, Miami Beach A. Jules Verne, the author of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," was born in Nantes, a seafaring city in Brittany, in 1828 and grew up in a house overlooking the harbor.

His aid was invoked in seafaring and in hunting, and he was considered the god of "wealth-bestowal," or prosperity.

Born in Auckland in 1883, Sanders took up a seafaring career in 1899.

"They were know as 'herring hogs' in most of the seafaring towns in the US," says Burnett.

Its advert tells a different story: it seems to convey not only that Heineken can be consumed as a food substitute but also that it is the perfect beer to drink should you find yourself in charge of a seafaring vehicle in the early afternoon.