verecunda:

Hey, folks, that docudrama about William Beatty is up on Youtube, if you haven’t seen it already. Worth a watch if you like any of the following things: Age of Sail, Nelson, fire-eating Irish sawbones who growl at everyone and everything while being better than u.

There is quite a lot of blood and grisly detail on the various horrible ways people died during naval battles, so consider yourself warned.

Also, Hornblower fans will recognise the Victory’s gunner, William Rivers Snr., as Captain Collins who sits on Hornblower’s court martial. 🙂

thebrainscoop:

The Brain Scoop:
Paleoart: Painting the land before time

Maybe you’ve heard of the famous paleoartist Charles R. Knight– but what about John Conrad Hansen, or Maidi Wiebe? The latter two created numerous works of art for scientific publications, exhibits and children’s books for the Field Museum in the early- mid 1900′s. 

I spent the last eight months digging up any information about them I could find for this video. I hope you enjoy!

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Maidi Wiebe, painting the Destruction of Swamps. © The Field Museum, GEO81269.