The stars turn into sea routes, which turn into sailing maps, which then form the shape of a ship.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

Pirate ships often flew the flag of a friendly country as they sailed toward the ship they planned to rob.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

The American-operated ship carried thousands of tons of agricultural materials for the World Food Program and other aid organizations.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Ships often sank. No one could survive the freezing waters in this dangerous area if the ship went down.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

"What Darwin Saw" tells of the adventures of a young man who travels around the world as a ship's scientist.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

The painting shows a group of sailors struggling to survive on a floating raft after the sinking of their ship,the Medusa.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

The navigator also had to add any movement of the ship to the side caused by waves or the wind.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

With this information he knows where his ship is in relation to the north or south pole and the equator.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

An aircraft carrier and more helicopters arrived Friday, and a hospital ship is expected by the end of next week.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

"Call me Haiz" he says upon arrival in a rocket ship that opens up with a crazy world inside it.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

She researched some of the places Darwin visited on his trip on the ship H.M.S.Beagle in the eighteen thirties.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

When a German submarine sank a British ship in the Irish Sea, one of the victims was an American citizen.

VOA: special.2010.10.07

A ship-building program begun fifteen years earlier had made the American Navy one of the strongest in the world.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

One day, the insects' love of sweets caused them to attack a ship that was bringing sugar to the camp.

VOA: special.2009.01.24