Decks of a slave ship; Engraving: William O. BLAKE

(1859)

A rare copy of Tirion’s engraving of the Gulf coast at Pensacola depicting the village, fortifications, and sailing vessels in the foreground.  The print is from the Hedendaagsche Historie of Tegenwoordige Staat van Ameriks. c. 1769

Gezigt van ‘t Spaansche Vlek Pensacola aan de Baay van Dien Naam, in de Golf van Mexiko, Beoosten den Uitloop van de River Mississippi, c1769, by Isaac Tirion, Amsterdam

navigation extr orient (vintage French shipping company ephemera)

- Hambourg Amerika Line -

Anciens Etss Louis Payan (vintage French shipping ephemera)

Provencale d Affretement (French shipping company stock certificate)

The Battle of Hampton Roads: The Monitor Meets The Merrimack

mediocrity-principle:

Glaucus radiatus 

Sagra, Ramon de la, 1798-1871

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abinferis:

Engraving, skull and crossbones, 17th century

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mudwerks:

[fucking neighbor and his giant squid…]

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loreoftheocean:

C. Bird - Bookplate of a Yacht (1904)

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The pirates striking off the arm of Capt. Babcock

Hellenistic super-galley c. 1810

—Tableau historique des costumes, des moeurs et des usages des principeaux peuples de l’antiquité et du moyen age

Wonders: Images of the Ancient World

muscavomitoria:

Sacra exequialia in funere Jacobi II  magnae Britanniae regis (1702). Detail.

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A Floating City (French: Une ville flottante) is an adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne first published in 1871. It tells of a woman who, on board the ship Great Eastern with her husband, finds that the man she loves is also on board.

dendroica:

n245_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Petri Bellonii Cenomani De aquatilibus, libri duo cum [epsilon, iota] conibus ad viuam ipsorum effigiem, quoad eius fieri potuit, expressis …
Parisiis,Apud C. Stephanum,1553.
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26702

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