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  • Laying a cable on the Atlantic seabed: the crew of the Great Eastern launching a buoy in an attempt to retrieve a lost cable. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker, 1866, after R.C. Dudley.
  • Meteorology: the sun in Baffin Bay disperses thick fog in the shape of a semicircle. Coloured etching by P. Fumagalli, 1827, after B. O'Reilly.
  • Six cranes flying upward above a breaking wave. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1858.
  • A cabin on board a packet-boat, its occupants either asleep or being sea-sick. Coloured aquatint, 1814.
  • 'Panopepton' : the food for the sick / Fairchild Bros. & Foster.
  • Geography: two rotating discs (volvelles) showing the times at different places compared to London, and the constellations visible in the sky at different dates and times, fixed to a card giving details of their use, and dimensions of rivers and mountains. Coloured engraving.
  • Fishermen hauling in a net close to the shore, ships stand off-shore in the background. Engraving.
  • Geography: two rotating discs (volvelles) showing the times at different places compared to London, and the constellations visible in the sky at different dates and times, fixed to a card giving details of their use, and dimensions of rivers and mountains. Coloured engraving.
  • Geology: an outcrop of basalt columns by the sea. Engraving by J. Chapman.
  • Geography: a mirage in the straits of Messina. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Fisher-folk and their methods of working close to the shore. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Geography: monsoons at sea, with rain. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Fisher-folk and their equipment. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Geography: water spouts at sea, with rain. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Fishermen with a drag-net, burning kelp on the beach, and hooks and other equipment. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fisher-folk and their methods of work. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fisher-folk, and their methods of work. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fisher-folk and their net-making equipment. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fisher-folk and their methods of work. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • A view out to sea from on shore, with trees and a tall wooden tower in the foreground. Watercolour.
  • A storm at sea. Engraving.
  • Geography: water spouts at sea. Engraving.
  • Christopher Columbus, on his ship, admonishes his men for their lack of courage. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1850.
  • Fisher-folk and their methods of work. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • A storm at sea. Engraving.
  • Venus as a black woman slave travelling on a shell across the Atlantic from Angola to the West Indies. Engraving by W. Grainger, 1794, after T. Stothard.
  • Fisher-folk and their methods of catching oysters. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Geography: water spouts at sea. Engraving by C. Heath after H. Salt.
  • Fisher-folk, and their net-making equipment. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Geology: a large iceberg in Baffin Bay. Aquatint by W. Westall after Beechey.