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Fishing and cargo vessels on the Thames (?). Etching by A. Mortimer.
Mortimer, Alexander, active 1885-1896.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 2475227i- Books
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A True and particular account of the loss of the Halsewell (East-Indiaman,) Capt. Richard Pierce, which was unfortunately cast away, at Seacombe, in the Isle of Purbeck, on the coast of Dorsetshire, on Friday morning, January 6, 1786. Shewing the paternal behaviour of Capt. Pierce, who preferr'd perishing with his daughters, to the being preserved without them. I. Their sailing from the downs, with a fair wind, and agreeable prospect. II. A list of the amiable young ladies, and gentlemen passengers. III. A strong gale springs up soon after, which occasions them to cut their cables, and run off to sea. IV. A journal of their proceedings and distresses before the ship struck on the rocks of Purbeck, near Portland. V. The whole account of that melancholy event, with the manner of preserving part of the officers and ship's crew. VI. An authentic list of the saved, and other particulars.
Date: [1786]- Pictures
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Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 19937i- Pictures
Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1866Reference: 19936i- Books
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The wooden world dissected, in the characters of I. A ship of War. II A sea-captain. III. A Sea-Lieutenant. IV. A Sea-Chaplain. V. The Master of a Ship of War. VI. The Purser. Vii. The Surgeon. Viii. The Gunner. IX. The Carpenter. X. The Boatswain. XI. A Sea-Cook. XII. A Midship-Man. XIII The Captain's Steward. XIV. A Sailor, &c. By a lover of the mathematicks.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: 1708- Books
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The wooden world dissected, in the characters of I. A ship of war. II. A sea-captain. III. A Sea-Lieutenant. IV. A Sea-Chaplain. V. The Master of a Ship of War. VI. The Purser. Vii. The Surgeon. Viii. The Gunner. IX. The Carpenter. X. The Boatswain. XI. A Sea-Cook. XII. A Midship-Man. XIII. The Captain's Steward. XIV. A Sailor, &c. By a lover of the mathematicks.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: 1708- E-books
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The case of John Degrave, Francis Minshall and others, owners of the seven sail of ships taken up in July, 1697 by the Commissioners of the Transport. Humbly presented to the honourable House of Commons, that the transport did endeavour to hire ships to c
Date: 1700- E-books
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The case of John Degrave, Francis Minshall and others, owners of the Seven Sail of ships taken up in July, 1697. by the Commissioners of the Transport. Humbly presented to the honourable House of Commons, that the transport did endeavour to hire ships to
Date: 1700- Pictures
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Lord North and the Earl of Mansfield stand on a platform addressing a group of distressed patriots beyond which ships of war sail and sink. Engraving, 1776.
Date: [1 Dec. 1776]Reference: 584820i- Pictures
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Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.
Date: 1859Reference: 30254i- Books
Eighteenth-century naturalists of Hudson Bay / Stuart Houston, Tim Ball, and Mary Houston.
Houston, C. Stuart (Clarence Stuart), 1927-Date: 2003- Books
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Sundry remarks and observations made in a voyage to the East-Indies, on board His Majesty's Ship the Elizabeth, From the Beginning of the Year 1758, to to the latter End of the Year 1764. With the necessary directions for sailing to and from India. And into the several ports and harbours thereof. Being a proper supplement to the New directory for the East-Indies. By William Nichelson Master of the said ship.
Nichelson, William.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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The melancholly narrative of the distressful voyage, and miraculous deliverance of Captain David Harrison, of the sloop, peggy; Of new-york, on his voyage from Fyal, one of the western islands, to New-York. Who having lost all his sails in a long series of hard weather, and entirely exhausted his provisions, lived two and forty days, without receiving the least food, till he was happily relieved by the humanity of Capt. Evers, of the susanna, in the Virgina trade.- In this narrative the expedients which Capt. Harrison and his men made use of for their subsistence are particulary set forth, who twice cast lots for their lives, and were to have killed the second man on the very morning they were providentially taken up.- The whole being authenticated in the strongest manner, by repeated depositions. Before the Right Hon. George Nelson, Esq. lord-mayor of the city of London.
Harrison, David, Captain.Date: [1767?]- Pictures
The city of Genoa. Engraving by M. Merian, 164-.
Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650.Date: [between 1640 and 1649?]Reference: 2977796i- Archives and manuscripts
Ink drawing of a large ship
Amiss, Audrey, 1933-2013Date: c.1950s-2000sReference: PP/AMI/C/3/13/1Part of: Audrey Amiss Archive- Pictures
Ashanti War, Ghana, 1874: two wounded British soldiers relaxing in a mesh-walled room attached to the outside of the Hospital Ship "Victor Emmanuel". Wood engraving by JN, 1874.
Date: 1874Reference: 20802i- Pictures
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Knights of Malta on board ship in the North Sea spy a phallic scupture on the beach at Dangast; representing an event held in 1993 in Dangast, Germany; published on World AIDS Day 1992 by the AIDS Working Group Oldenburg. Colour lithograph, 1992.
Date: Zum Welt AIDS Tag [1 December] 1992Reference: 673597i- Books
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A letter from a sailor, on board the royal refuge, commanded by the truely Right Hon. Lord Emanuel, to his friend, Giving an account of his ship's sailing for Mount Zion, and that those who fail in her will receive a ...own of Righteousness, and life everlasting. In the same book you have, [blank] secondly, the recruiting othcer thirdly, to be with Christ...s best fourthly, hinder me not, in my way to the heavenly canaan.
Sailor.Date: [1800?]- Pictures
Above, W.O. Livingstone, L.S. Dawson and W. Henn, leaders of the search for D. Livingstone, seated on rocks, holding guns; below, the Abydos, the ship on which they sailed to Africa, leaving London. Etching, 1872.
Date: 1872Reference: 561174i- E-books
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By the King and Queen, a proclamation, declaring Their Majesties pleasure for continuing the seamen belonging to their first, second and third rate ships in their service during this winter, and for payment of their wages before the fleet shall set sail f
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By the King and Queen, a proclamation, declaring Their Majesties pleasure for continuing the seamen belonging to their first, second and third rate ships in their service during this winter, and for payment of their wages before the fleet shall set sail f
Date: 1692- E-books
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By the King and Queen, a proclamation, declaring Their Majesties pleasure for continuing the seamen belonging to their first, second and third rate ships in their service during this winter, and for payment of their wages before the fleet shall set sail f
Date: 1693- E-books
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By the King and Queen, a proclamation declaring Their Majesties pleasure for continuing the seamen belonging to their first, second and third rate ships in their service during this winter, and for payment of their wages before the fleet shall set sail fo
Date: 1692- E-books
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By the King and Queen, a proclamation, declaring Their Majesties pleasure for continuing the seamen belonging to their first, second and third rate ships in their service during this winter, and for payment of their wages before the fleet shall set sail f
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Proposals. [By] Walter Gibson, merchant in Glasgow, to such persons as are desirous to transport themselves to America, in a ship belonging to him, bound for the Bermudas, Carolina, New-Providence, and the Caribby-Islands, and ready to set sail out of the
GibsonDate: 1684