By the late 1700′s, most of mainland Europe’s timber was gone, even the Baltics were getting deforested. The New World was ripe for the picking.

But seriously, these guys make some amazing vids. Hope they do a mining one sometime.

Her French opponent, the Yankee-built Acheron, 44, is one of the big frigates American shipyards were building for European navies in the early 19th century. In those days, the US not only had some of the world’s best naval architects and yardbirds, we also had vast forests of fine hardwoods and plenty of hemp for cordage–and cotton for canvas.

Now I have to watch Master and Commander again.

Edit: that channel has many other great models! https://www.youtube.com/@animagraffs/videos