The quest for the Northwest passage
Between the end of the 15th century and the 20th century, colonial powers from Eurasia dispatched explorers in an attempt to discover a commercial sea route north and west around North America. The Northwest Passage represented a new route to the established trading nations of Asia. In 1493 to defuse trade disputes Pope Alexander VI split the discovered world in two between Spain and Portugal; thus France, the Netherlands and England were left without a sea route to Asia, either via Africa or South America.[7] The British called the hypothetical route the Northwest Passage.

"Bad cooking is responsible for more trouble at sea than all other things put together".
-Thomas Fleming Day

"There is nothing so distressing as running ashore, unless there is also
doubt as to which continent the shore belongs."   STS Lecky

Every destination you can choose on the globe has its own peculiarities. None is like another. History does not seem to change too much when we consider that most modern vessels come from Europe. Shipyards and sailors seem to fan out from the Mediterranean or the Channel. Even Americans feel this fatal attraction and end up imprisoned by the fascination of the witches conquering the heart of sailors since time immemorial. The Med is the cradle of art, the big bang of history and certainly the heart of cuisine. Following most yachtsmen route, our itineraries cross the Atlantic and stop overin the Caribean. Still a world of ex-pats, be them from Africa, France or England, this crown of small and big islands keeps changing its characteristics on land, but preserve the same eternal blue soul once the white beach is left behind.