For almost all of human history, boats were made of wood. Sure, today we've got amazing ships built from steel and composites, but people have been sailing for thousands of years, so almost every ship ...

The 19th century was a time of dramatic global transformation. Monarchies were falling and democracies sprang up to replace them while many remaining monarchs saw their power diluted in favor of ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Ironclads: American Civil War Battle of the civil war ironclads. Take part in battles from USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia before battles between armored ...

The Battle of Hampton Roads / William C. Davis -- Building the ironclads / Craig L. Symonds -- Iron horse, iron coffin : life aboard the USS Monitor / David Mindell -- Sink before surrender : the ...