Historic shipwreck discovery off Monomoy | CapeCodOnline.com (http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100905/NEWS/9050329)

interesting post. Cape history fascinates me.

Interesting that the ocean is still the cheapest way to transport goods worldwide.

If you want a fun quick read, pick up George Friedman's The Next 100 years

Amazon.com: The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (9780385517058): George Friedman: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Next-100-Years-Forecast-Century/dp/038551705X)

He talks about how US domination of the oceans is an unwritten cornerstone of our policy to command the global economy.

-spence

Thanks for posting that was very interesting. :btu: