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19th Century Maritime Rescues

Vintage illustrations showcasing maritime rescue efforts and naval exercises from the 19th century, capturing the struggles of sailors and their heroic actions at sea.

John III Sobieski, king of Poland, attacks the Turkish army under Kara Mustapha Pashs besieging Vienna, and though outnumbered 2 to 1 routs it and saves the city
John III Sobieski, king of Poland, attacks the Turkish army under Kara Mustapha Pashs besieging Vienna, and though outnumbered 2 to 1 routs it and saves the city
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NEW BRUNSWICK, EMPTYING SALMON NETS BY TORCHLIGHT, CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING
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Michelieu bei der Belagerung von La Rochelle durch Truppen des französischen Königs Ludwig XIII., 4. August 1627 bis 28. Oktober 1628, Frankreich, Holzschnitt nach einem Gemälde von Henri-Paul Motte, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, historisch
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1800s 1860s DRAWING OF FEDERAL SENTRY BEING AMBUSHED BY CONFEDERATE SCOUTS
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Engraving depicting an idea for a sailing balloon. Dated 18th Century
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The Mississippi steamships tries to ram the Confederate ram Manassas during the American Civil War
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THE ANNUAL FIELD SKETCH, 1886: 1. He receives the dreaded Order. 2. And collects his Implements. 3. So long as he Sticks to the Road it's all very well. 4. "Heigh ho, the Wind and the Rain!" 5. The Result. 6. The Colonel recommends him to do Another.
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Godfrey of Bouillon, Gottfried von Bouillon, Latin: Godefridus Bullionensis, 1060- 1100, a Frankish knight and one of the leaders of the First Crusade, attacking Jerusalem / Godfrey von Bouillon, Gottfried von Bouillon, Latein: Godefridus Bullionensis, 1060-1100, ein fränkischer Ritter und einer der Führer des Ersten Kreuzzugs, der Jerusalem angreift, historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, koloriert, handcoloriert, Koloration.
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Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Opening fire aboard a Japanese battleship. Engraving. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1904.
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Francis Day of the East India Company founds Fort St George in Madras. Date: March 1639
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Meissen. Albrechtsburg-Albrechts Siege of Sluis
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In the woods at Chancellorsville--Bivouac at night / EF.. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Military personnel, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Union, United States, Virginia, Chancellorsville
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Trycle designe dfor use by underwater divers 1893
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THE WAR IN EGYPT
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'S.O.S.' 'The Hard Lines of Communication' A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, in which two soldiers under heavy bombardment talk over the trench communication line. Neither seems to be in any position to help the other out. Date: 1916
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Balloon leaving from Gare du Nord, Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870. Artist: Unknown
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Union General Ulysses S. Grant (left) negotiating terms with Confederate General John Clifford Pemberton for surrender of Vicksburg American Civil War 1861-1865 Engraving
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The captain did not see the shadowy figure behind him. The captain did not see the shadowy figure behind him. From Jules Verne Dick Sand, a 15-Year Old Captain Book, vintage engraving, 1878. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659694
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Fraternising between French and German troops on Christmas Day 1914. Here a truce was araised to allow the dead to be buried. Cigars and handshakes were exchanged Date: 25 December 1914
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Punishment in the army was meted out at the camp whipping post where the victim was flogged by a police-sergeant of his own race, under the orders of an English officer. This is an illustration of the one at Inquabim which was sketched during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74). In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana, the British attacked and virtually destroyed the Asanti capital of Kumasi, and officially declared Ghana a crown col
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Guerra Ruso-Japonesa (1904-1905). Patrullas rusas en el río Yalú, frontera entre Corea del Norte y China. Cromo de Chocolates Amatller. Año 1905. Author: Apel·les Mestres Oñós.
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Fire tubes being fired at enemy cavalry from cannon. From 'De la pirotechnia' by Vannoccio Biringuccio (Venice, 1540). Woodcut.
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Attack on Arsensal during Shays' Rebellion, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1786
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Engraving showing the crew of the Arctic exploration ship, 'Pandora', using the ship's boats to shoot walruses in Arctic waters, 1876. The 'Pandora' was used by Sir Allen Young in two attempts between 1875 and 1876 to find the Northwest Passage, around the northern coast of Canada and Alaska, and any traces of the missing Franklin expedition of 1845. Date: 1877
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Engraving depicting Puritan settlers in America. Dated 17th Century
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A Christmas incident in the trenches in the west, December 1914, (1920). Creator: Frederick Villiers.
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Peninsular War (1808-1814)Conquest and plunder of the monastery of Montserrat by French troops, 1811. Lithography, 19th century.
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The Coming Conflagration in the European Forest 1883.
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Catapult used by Roman army during its military campaigns. Engraving. 19th century.
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'Clearing the Course!', July 7, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
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Illustration of Whale Hunting with a Harpoon Gun. A revolutionary method for hunting whales.
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Sectional view of a typical Boer entrenchment. 2nd Boer War 1899-1902
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1700s ENGRAVING OF EDWARD TEACH KNOWN AS THE FEROCIOUS PIRATE BLACKBEARD IN A 1738 ENGRAVING
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"Keep yer 'ead still, or I'll 'ave yer blinkin' ear off!" 1915
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Inglaterra. Londres. El siniestro en el ferrocarril subterráneo (Metropolitan Railway), el 30 de octubre de 1883. La primera explosión, vista desde Charing-Cross. Atentado con bomba atribuida a los fenianos ya que desde América del Norte, O'Donovan Rosa, reivindicó los atentados por parte del fenianismo para demostrar que Londres podria ser reducida a cenizas por los irlandeses. Grabado por Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1883.
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Treasure-hunting excavations at the site of Ancient Carthage. Date: 1858
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An engraving depicting a pack-mule train in Venezuela. Dated 19th century
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Sketches in Afghanistan: hospital dhoolies in the Jugdulluk Pass, 1880. 'Our Illustrations of the military movements that have been proceeding to strengthen the British force in the occupation of Cabul were mostly taken from scenes in the Jugdulluk Pass...The force,...commanded by Brigadier-General Charles Gough, which set out from Gundamuk on the 14th December 1879, to reinforce General Sir Frederick Roberts at Cabul, had to take the Jugdulluk road, as the other was, for the time, impeded by hostile tribes...On the 17th a party-consisting of a hundred of the 9th, a hundred of the 4th Goorkh
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1860s UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH WAGON AND SOLDIERS DURING AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
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A member of John Fremont's expedition named Sorel is being left to die on February 6, 1849, as he is too weak to continue.
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Putting out decoys - Duck hunting, 1916
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Engraving depicting a Russian military raft using ox skins as floats. Dated 19th Century
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GRABADO-MAQUINA PARA CORTAR CARBON EN LA MINA-1877-PATENTE USA.
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The assassination of Elizabeth, Empress of Austria, by the anarchist Luigi Lucheni, September 10, 1898, Geneva, engraving by Meaulle from a drawing by Andrieux, Switzerland, 19th century.
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In this 1912 political sketch by Albert Hahn, a Dutch soldier surveys an Acehnese family he has just killed. The text below reads: 'Wij zijn geen wreede italianen. Wij vermoorden onzen tegenstanders niet, maar leggen ze neer. En als wij wat vrouwen en kinderen dooden, gebeurt dat slechts bij ongeluk', or 'We are not cruel Italians. We murder our enemies, but we bury them. And as for women and children, that only ever happens by accident'. The Aceh War, also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (1873-1914), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the United Kingdom in Singapore during early 1873. The war was part of a series of conflicts in the late 19th century that consolidated Dutch rule over modern-day Indonesia.
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During the naval action off Heligoland in the early part of the First World War, a boat's crew is rescued by a British submarine. Date: August 1914
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'To the Wail of the Pipes, The Highland Soldiers' Lament', 1910.Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
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In the next war, infantry battles will be a thing of the past : the fighting will be between motorised armies, using armoured vehicles to deadly effect Date: 1906
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North Pole Expedition of Lieutenant Peary, historical illustration, ca. 1893
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David Livingstone, suffering from fever, carried above water on the shoulders of one of his men. Wood engraving after J.B. Zwecker.
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The tragic end of the English explorer Captain Scott in the polar ice 1912
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A German trench re-taken by the French at Perthes. The bodies of casualties remain.
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Artillery personnel in China, historical illustration, wood engraving, circa 1888
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Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Bombardeo por los aviones italianos del aeródromo de Chistelles, en Bélgica, en 1916. Author: Francisco Navarrete Sierra.