Post an Amhist take, it's been a while. You can make it about any obscure historical hobbyhorse you want.
Man I\u2026 I dunno. Something about the Intracoastal Waterway, how coastal shipping used to be the key transit route, how before railroads, before even decent inland navigation or canals that was the thing, a network of waters protected from weather and from great power fleets out of Bermuda or the Caribbean
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