Sail Collection (page 20)

London Bridge 1833
A view of the old and new London bridges

Dover Harbour 1850
A steam packet (with sail) enters Dover harbour

Twickenham 1750
A curious sailing-boat, with oarsmen as well as a sail, is one of the craft on the Thames at Twickenham, Middlesex

C15 Caravel
A caravel in full sail

Adamastor and Gama
At the Cape of Storms (later Good Hope) Adamastor, the spirit of the Cape, appears to Gamas crew and warns of disasters to all who seek to sail round the Cape to India

Building the Argo
Argus builds the Argo in which Jason and the Argonauts will sail to Colchis to steal the Golden Fleece

Sail & Steam Ships
The Abraham Rydberg in Millwall Docks, London. Built in 1879 in Sweden as a training ship for the Abraham Rydberg Foundation. Here alongside steamship Saltersgate

Children & Toy Boat
Contrary Winds: children, in a farmhouse kitchen, sail a homemade boat in grandmothers washing tub - each child blowing the boat from a different direction

Swedish Frigate
The frigate - steam- powered but sail-assisted - sails past one of the defensive forts on the Swedish coast, passing a paddle steamer and some fishing vessels

Dutch Merchants
An allegorical comment on Dutch trading ventures of the 17th century - merchants consult atlases and globes while their vessels sail eastwards intent on trade

New Guinea - Pirogue
New Guinea. - Constructing a pirogue, a small boat sometimes with a sail, sometimes not

Roman Galley
A Roman galley, with a sail and a single bank of oars

Saxon Warship
A two-masted Saxon warship under sail

Captain Joshua Slocum
Captain JOSHUA SLOCUM, Canadian/American sailor who 1895-1896 was the first person to sail single-handed round the world in the Spray which he rebuilt for the purpose

Slocum and the Ghost
American circumnavigator Joshua Slocum, lying sick in the cabin of the Spray, is protected by the pilot of the Pinta, one of Columbuss ships

SPRAY AND PIRATES
Joshua Slocum defends his boat against Fuegian pirates while rounding Cape Horn in the course of his solo circumnavigation

SPRAY OFF PATAGONIA
Joshua Slocum encounters a huge wave off Patagonia in the course of his solo circumnavigation

SPRAY AT CAPE TOWN
Joshua Slocum shows the Spray to visitors at Cape Town, during his solo circumnavigation

SPRAY AT GIBRALTAR
The boat which Joshua Slocum rebuilt and sailed single- handed round the world, at Gibraltar

Taking in Sail 1880
The crew of HMS Lynx take in sail during a squall

Mayflower Sails to Uk
The Pilgrim Fathers watch the Mayflower sail home to England

Events / Australia
A Dutch crew, in the DEUYPHEN (= Dove) discover the Gulf of Carpentaria, but sail away almost at once

Breakfast for Emigrants
Searching for stowaways before the emigrant ship sets sail for America

Emigrants at Cork
On the quay at Cork, emigrants wait to sail to the Americas

Preparing to Emigrate
Irish emigrants preparing to sail to America from Clifden, County Galway Date: 1883

A variety of 18th century Chinese vessels

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