Rafts Collection

Hannibal crossing the Rhone River
SECOND PUNIC WAR: Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader, crossing the Rhone River, probably near Aurasio in present-day France

Indonesia - Java - Jakarta - Molenvliet Canal
The Molenvliet canal that divides Jalan Gajah Mada and Jalan Hayam Wuruk originally made by Chinese Captain Phoa Beng Gam atau Phoa Bing Gam, second Chinese Captain after Souw Beng Kon

Bamboo and its uses in China 1867
Bamboo grow wild very quickly in China because of it warm climate, often rises to the height of sixty or eighty feet with a hollow stem, or even three to four inches in one day

RUSSIA KOSTROMA
The sea-front : fishermen using rafts. Date: circa 1840

KON-TIKI MUSEUM
The famous raft the Kon-Tiki, at the museum in Oslo. Thor Heyerdahl sailed across the Pacific (1947), proving that Polynesian settlers could have sailed from Polynesia to Peru. Date: 1960s

FRANCE / BLOIS / EARLY C19TH
A view toward the French town of Blois. Date: circa 1820

Log Rafts - Norway. Date: 1916

Rescue Rafts
German rafts in the English Channel give downed airmen a hope of survival, so long as they come down near one Date: March 1941

Formosan men aboard their boats, similar to large bamboo rafts. Date: 1932

Home on a raft of logs - East Prussian Canal. Date: circa 1920s

LFB-AFS Bikini raft fully inflated
LFB-AFS fully inflated Bikini raft, with water being delivered through four hosepipes. The two-man crew are wearing life jackets

LFB-AFS Commer transportable water unit (back)
LFB-AFS Commer transportable water unit (TWU, commonly known as the Bikini). It carries three deflated rubber rafts and nine light portable pumps

LFB-AFS Commer transportable water unit (front)
LFB-AFS Commer transportable water unit (TWU, commonly known as the Bikini). It carries three deflated rubber rafts and nine light portable pumps

Last moments of HMS Courageous by G. H. Davis
The last moments of HMS Courageous after being torpedoed by a German U-boat: the crew abandoning ship in the failing evening light

Benson log raft - Columbia River, USA
A fine view of a Benson raft - a huge seagoing log raft designed to reliably transport millions of board feet of timber (at one time - this card says 8 million feet) through the open ocean

floating island villages - Inle Lake
Floating island villages - Inle Lake - The floating islands of the lake dwellers, clear green rectangles of the bamboo rafts growing out from the shore like algae

Men on a raft bound down the River. Date: 1870

Kon-Tiki Museum
A Viking ship, carved monolith and famous raft the Kon-Tiki, at the museum in Oslo. Thor Heyerdahl sailed across the Pacific on the Kon-tiki in 1947. Date: 1960s

Rafting on the Rio Grande, Port Antonio, Jamaica Date: circa 1910s

Suvla Evacuation at Gallipoli WWI
Evacuating guns and personnel from Suvla Point on rafts in daylight during World War I at Gallipoli

Coconuts rafted downstream - Manila
Coconuts being rafted to market down the Pasig River, Manila, Philippines

Italian Allies on Rafts
Allies of the Italians use rafts to cross crocodile- infested waters

Germans Cross the Don
Germans infantry cross the river Don on inflatable rafts

Timber Rafts / Volga
Timber rafts on the Volga. People and cows are transported on these rafts

Belize / Davenport
Port of Belize (Balize) in what was British Hondurus. Troops watch as locals move about on rafts possibly made from the main export logwood used in the dyeing industry

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