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Historical Sailing Vessels

Engravings of various classic ships, including a Chinese junk and steamers, showcasing 19th-century naval design and maritime history.

Loch Fyne herring boats gathered round the steamer at dawn to sell their catch.
Loch Fyne herring boats gathered round the steamer at dawn to sell their catch.
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Ice Sailing Mishap, Victorian Sports
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Lotsenkutter fährt bei schwerer See zu einem Segelschiff, Lotse, Ruderboot, Wellen, 1898, Nordsee, Holland, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Or...
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Surf-boat at Madras going out to a ship, 1876. Engraving from a sketch by Captain H. G. Robley, of the 91st Highlanders, of '...a "Masoolah," or surf-boat, carrying passengers to a vessel...The ships ride some distance out, safe from the rollers, which break, like charging white horses, for some way in lines of white foam. These surf-boats are the only ones that can live in such waves. They are large, unwieldy boats to look at, with high sides; the timbers work on rolls of matting, instead of being nailed, and owe their safety to their pliancy. The naked, yelling crew pull, with long
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John Cousen, 1804-1880, British, Fishing Boats, a Coast Scene, 1859-1879. Steel engraving.
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"General Grant" - Wrecked at Auckland Islands - Merchant Shipping. March 9, 1935.
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Salomon August Andrees Expedition with a gas balloon to the North Pole started on 11 July 1897 and ended in October of the same year with the death of the three participants, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century
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 Norway yawl with a single  large sail.        Date: circa 1880
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Burning of the Palace Steamer 'Robert E. Lee'.
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Engraving of a Gayyou an Annamese narrow flat-bottomed boat with an outrigger and two or three masts with square sails or lugsails. Dated 19th Century
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 The 'Discovery' frozen in  during the Scott, Shackleton  and Wilson exploration of the  Antarctic.   1902-1903
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The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson After Picture by John Collier Engraving
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USSR- CIRCA 1981: a stamp printed by USSR, shows  russian sailing four masted barque ´ Tovarisch (1) ´, series, circa 1981.
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