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This is probably 'old news' to many, but it was an exciting discovery for me, so I thought I'd share it. In the course of researching my current Q-Ship WIP, I found this amazing website. "Shipping Wonders Of The World" was a weekly magazine published in the UK between January 1936 and February 1937, that contained a dizzying range of articles on all things maritime---mainly with a British slant, of course. War stories, history articles, and wonderful reports on the then-current shape of the shipping and maritime world were presented, often written by experts in the field(s) reported, and regularly accompanied by beautiful photographs and illustrations. Apparently the series was intended from the outset to be published in a bound two-volume set. The series ran to 55 parts, and the website has descriptions of each of these, with MANY links to the original articles (when available)---a veritable treasure-trove of between-the-wars maritime information and history. I've just scratched the surface, myself, so I'm not exactly sure how much material there really is...but everything I've seen so far is exceptionally interesting. I'd never heard of the publication before, and found it entirely by accident, so I thought I'd share it with those nautical-philes who were as unaware of it as I was. The website: http://www.shippingwondersoftheworld.com/ Be sure to check out the 'themes' tab at the top of the page. Topics like 'The Navy Goes To Work,' 'Great Voyages In Little Ships,' and 'Dramas Of Salvage' (to name but a very few) are too wonderful to pass up. I hope some of you will enjoy it as much as I do. Great fun, and really interesting!
