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An illustration showing the port of Calicut on the southwest coast of India in 1572. Calicut was a major trade hub for the Eastern spice trade. From Georg Braun and Franz Hogenbergs atlas Civitates orbis terrarum.

A recreation of a port in the Roman Empire. Courtesy of Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.

Port scene. Roman Fresco from Stabiae. Perhaps the harbour of Puteoli (ancient Pozzuoli). National Archaeological Museum, Naples

A photograph of First World War (1914-18) German dreadnought warships in port. Unknown date or location. (Imperial War Museums)

A recreation of the port of Amastris in the Roman period. Amasra Museum, Turkey.

Marseille's Old Port, with the Fort of St. Jean (built 1660 CE) to the right and the Cathedral of Notre Dame de la Garde (built 1853 CE) visible on top of the hill in the background.

An 1875 oil on canvas, The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. This painting shows dredging activities on the Seine. (Art Institute of Chicago)

A 19th-century painting by an unknown artist of Portuguese Macao, a colony of the Portuguese Empire from c. 1557 to 1999.

An early 17th-century illustration of Kollam (Quilon) in southern India which became a colony of the Portuguese empire in 1505. Part of the Portuguese Estado da India, a fort was built at Kollam in 1515.

A reverse-glass painting showing the European customs factories at Canton (modern Guangzhou, China) around 1805.