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Satavahana Ship
A ship is represented on this coin issued during the reign of the Satavahana king Vashishthiputra Shri Pulumavi (130 CE – 150 CE). The ship is depicted having two masts.
Location: British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
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Edward Low
Edward 'Ned' Low was an English pirate active in the Caribbean and eastern Atlantic from 1721 to 1724 during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). Probably the most sadistic and cruelest of all pirate captains, Low was said to have...
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Bronze Hand, Roman Ship Decoration
These bronze hands would have decorated the end beams of a Roman ship. They were placed at the end of beams running parallel with the ship's long axis, two either side and with the arm horizontal and thumb pointing...
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What the Discovery of the Last American Slave Ship Means to Descendants | National Geographic
In this short film, the descendants of Africans on the last known American slave ship, Clotilda, describe what it would mean to discover and document the wreck site...
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Battle of Flamborough Head
The Battle of Flamborough Head (23 September 1779) was one of the most famous naval engagements of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Fought off the coast of Yorkshire, England, it pitted the USS Bonhomme Richard...
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Wreck of the Batavia
The Batavia was a Dutch East India Company ship that foundered on the coral reefs of the Houtman Albrolhos Islands, 60 kilometres (37 mi) off the coast of Western Australia, just before dawn on 4 June 1629. It was the flagship...
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Korean Turtle-Ship
A modern replica of a Korean turtle-ship (kobukson), used by Admiral Yi Sun-sin in the Imjin Wars between Korea, China, & Japan (1592-1598). The precise design is not known except that the deck was covered, perhaps using iron...
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Chinese Junk Ship
A 19th century CE oil painting of a traditional Chinese junk ship, used for ocean-going trade voyages since medieval times. (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London)
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A Carrack Ship by Bruegel
A detail of a c. 1558 CE painting by Pieter Bruegel showing a carrack ship, the type of vessel used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the 16th century CE to transport treasure and precious cargo from the New World and Asia...
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Chola Ship
This is a model of a Chola ship, rebuilt by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
Location: Government Museum, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu state, India