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The Bounty Mutiny - Sailors Seduced by the South Seas
The 1789 mutiny on the Bounty is an infamous tale of sailors being lured by the easy charms of the South Seas into casting adrift their commander and living out their days as fugitives from the Royal Navy. 'Captain' Bligh, victim of the mutiny...
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Ship Procession Fresco, Akrotiri
Bronze Age fresco of a ship procession from Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (modern-day Santorini). From Room 5 of the West House, c. 2000-1500 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
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Phoenician Small Ship
An Assyrian relief from King Sargon II's palace at Khorsabad showing a Phoenician ship transporting cedar logs. This type of vessel was probably used for coastal work and transporting goods to shore from larger cargo vessels. 8th century...
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Phoenician-Punic Ship
A Phoenician-Punic ship from a relief carving on a 2nd century CE sarcophagus
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Diagram of the Stowage of Slaves on a Slave Ship
A diagram showing the stowage of the British slave ship Brookes under the regulated slave trade act of 1788.
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Ship Relief, Saguntum
A marble relief plaque depicting a ship in African waters. 2nd - 3rd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Sagunto, Spain)
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Sailing Ship Through a Telescope
A sailing ship typical of the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730) as seen through a telescope. From the TV series Black Sails.
©2014 Starz Entertainment
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Peter the Great's Ship
Peter the Great's ship, rigged with a sail and a mast with the help of Dutch carpenters.
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Neumagen Wine Ship
Funerary stone monument in the shape of a rowing ship for transport of wine barrels on the Moselle river. The barge is loaded with four large wine-barrels, and manned by six oarsmen and two steersmen, one of whom is marking the time by clapping...
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Roman Grain Ship Model
Model of a Roman grain ship,
National Maritime Museum, Haifa, Israel.
