Blog | The History Of Drakes Island

THE PALMERSTON FORTS OR CASEMATES

The 2nd French Empire under Louis-Napoleon III had succeeded the 2nd French Republic in 1851. His foreign policy was...

After the botched attempt to diversify into brandy smuggling and national scandal involving Lieutenant Harris, Captain...

A national scandal involving allegations of bullying and counter accusations of libel and slander on Drake’s Island...

1850 saw a cunning plot developed to smuggle a ship load of Brandy onto the Island. It was widely reported at the time...

There are a quite a few accounts of the Garrison going to the rescue of ships and their crews either aground on the...

Way back as part of the plans for the 1780 upgrade one of the foremost architects of the day, James Wyatt who designed...

I’ll try and give a snapshot of Island life this week as there were no major events on the Island until 1846 when a...

1800 marked the beginning of the 19th Century, George III was on the throne and we were involved in the War of the...

In 1779 Great Britain was still embroiled in war against numerous nations across three continents. We were alone and...

Having taken a bit of a diversion over the last couple of weeks this week is a bit of a catch up on the years from...

The 1700’s were a period of growing connectivity between towns, cities and countries. Empire and increased trade...

In the early 1700s as trade and empires increased so did voyages across the great oceans and the Island would play a...