12/11/2018 And so It begins...AGAIN! Today, I was awarded the 2019 Elsaesser Fellowship from the Sea Education Association. The project is summarized as follows: I have had the opportunity to travel the world by sea. A rare chance to see the world as our ancestors have experienced it, from a perspective very few in today’s society get an opportunity to experience. I have seen the islands of the Pacific and the related fortifications and remnants of conflict around the world. I have explored the British, Dutch and French fortifications, residences and lighthouses of the Caribbean and even the fortifications, lighthouses and abandoned research stations and shipwrecks of the Southern Ocean. Traveling the world gave me a unique vision of the maritime history of the world, but my own country, I have minimal experience with. The Gulf Islands National Seashore tells a unique story of the coastal history of the United States. The annexation of the territories of the Gul