Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)15:54:31 | 5 comments | 🔒 Locked
Historicaly speaking what lead the British faustian spirit to dominate the waves?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)15:59:59 No.17450691
>>17450676
Thousands of years of people sailing to that island created a genetic memory of needing to sail to new lands. Plus being an island in of itself let them focus on boats when boats became really important.
Thousands of years of people sailing to that island created a genetic memory of needing to sail to new lands. Plus being an island in of itself let them focus on boats when boats became really important.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)16:00:51 No.17450694
to get away from the wife and her cooking
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)18:35:05 No.17451042
>>17450676
>being surrounded by water
>even most population centers inland are riparian
>trade with the continent requires sailing skill to go from continent to Britain
>dominant fishing and maritime culture
>some of the earliest colonies were offshore fisheries
>leaders like Lord Trafalgar not afraid to use unorthodox tactics
>strict military discipline and unified command structure
>inherited elite class system but also several ways to advance socially via meritocratic achievement
>being surrounded by water
>even most population centers inland are riparian
>trade with the continent requires sailing skill to go from continent to Britain
>dominant fishing and maritime culture
>some of the earliest colonies were offshore fisheries
>leaders like Lord Trafalgar not afraid to use unorthodox tactics
>strict military discipline and unified command structure
>inherited elite class system but also several ways to advance socially via meritocratic achievement
Anonymous 01/23/25(Thu)06:38:27 No.17452117
>>17450676
(((merchants))) moving out from Netherlands
(((merchants))) moving out from Netherlands
Anonymous 01/23/25(Thu)07:01:52 No.17452142
Mostly the destruction of their rivals. When the french, dutch, spanish and portuguese declined, the power gap allowed the bongs to expand unopposed. Also they used a fuckton of corsairs, chink style