acidadebranca:

Ships
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1799 Chesapeake y HMS Shannon 
via

acidadebranca:

Ships

[96]

1799 Chesapeake y HMS Shannon

via

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at sea
“Prehistoric Birds & Reptiles,” vintage 1961 book. Illustration by Zdenek Burian
Original (2724 x 1854)
posted by it’s better than bad

at sea

“Prehistoric Birds & Reptiles,” vintage 1961 book. Illustration by Zdenek Burian

Original (2724 x 1854)

posted by it’s better than bad

50watts:

1966 Estonian book cover on 50 Watts

50watts:

1966 Estonian book cover on 50 Watts

(Source: mondoagogo)

theticketthatexploded:

Cover of Richard Sale’s Death at Sea, art by Rudolph Belarski.
(via Behind the Cover: Rudolph Belarski | Rosa is for Romance)

theticketthatexploded:

Cover of Richard Sale’s Death at Sea, art by Rudolph Belarski.

(via Behind the Cover: Rudolph Belarski | Rosa is for Romance)

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msbehavoyeur:

‘Cia Navigation’ ~ vintage travel poster with mermaids  via

msbehavoyeur:

‘Cia Navigation’ ~ vintage travel poster with mermaids  via

ahrenstringer:

A3 Amity Flash. Prints available, $50 signed and posted in a tube, email me if you’re interested!
ahrenstringer@live.com

ahrenstringer:

A3 Amity Flash. Prints available, $50 signed and posted in a tube, email me if you’re interested!

ahrenstringer@live.com

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oldbookillustrations:

I gave a piercing cry - “Help, help! Murder!”
Louis Rhead, from Kidnapped, by  Robert Louis Stevenson, New York, 1921.
(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

I gave a piercing cry - “Help, help! Murder!”

Louis Rhead, from Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson, New York, 1921.

(Source: archive.org)

USS Vincennes (1826) was a 703-ton Boston-class sloop of war in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1865. During her service, Vincennes patrolled the Pacific, explored the Antarctic, and blockaded the Confederate Gulf coast in the Civil War. Named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Vincennes, she was the first U.S. warship to circumnavigate the globe.
Sold, 5 October 1867, at Boston, Massachusetts.
moewie:

USS Vincennes in Disappointment Bay, Antarctica, during the Wilkes expedition

USS Vincennes (1826) was a 703-ton Boston-class sloop of war in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1865. During her service, Vincennes patrolled the Pacific, explored the Antarctic, and blockaded the Confederate Gulf coast in the Civil War. Named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Vincennes, she was the first U.S. warship to circumnavigate the globe.

Sold, 5 October 1867, at Boston, Massachusetts.

moewie:

USS Vincennes in Disappointment Bay, Antarctica, during the Wilkes expedition

larboardwatch:

Salvage diver working on the sunken Swedish warship Vasa, 1961.
Source: The Vasa Museum
(One of the best history museums I have ever visited!)

larboardwatch:

Salvage diver working on the sunken Swedish warship Vasa, 1961.

Source: The Vasa Museum

(One of the best history museums I have ever visited!)

HMS Minotaur - British Broadside Ironclad, 1868 (more photos)Closeup photograph of the ship’s bow, taken in port after 1875, showing crewmen, anchor and mooring chains, bowsprit rigging and bow decorations.U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph

HMS Minotaur - British Broadside Ironclad, 1868 (more photos)

Closeup photograph of the ship’s bow, taken in port after 1875, showing crewmen, anchor and mooring chains, bowsprit rigging and bow decorations.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph

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