The Griffin was the one of the first sailing vessel on the Great Lakes and also among the first shipwrecks.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Tickets for Quantum's first sailing will go on sale to the public June 4, with Royal Caribbean regular cruisers getting an early shot at tickets starting May 27.

WSJ: Royal Caribbean's ship Quantum of the Seas

The Phoenicians were there first, sailing from the relative safety of the Mediterranean into unknown ocean waters off Morocco in search of the Murex snails used to make imperial purple dye.

ECONOMIST: The Atlantic Ocean

The first scheduled Sunday ferry sailing from the isle of Lewis, which is connected to Harris, began in June 2009.

BBC: Sunday ferry sailings 'essential' says former opponent