Seas Collection (page 5)

World Map / St Sever 11C
A world map according to Saint Sever, showing various countries, seas and rivers Date: 11th century

World Map / Crates Mallos
A world map according to Crates of Mallos, showing Europe, Libya, the Antipodes, and various seas Date: circa 168 BC

Scene of mine disaster at Wellington Pit
The under-seas tomb of over a hundred men. The scene of the great mine disaster at Whitehaven: Wellington Pit, which extends five miles under the Irish Sea

A Minesweeper by George Ranstead
Original pen and ink drawing of a British minesweeper trawling the seas for mines during World War One

Fish Sailing Couple 1939
A sailor, with his female companion, find a far more interesting way to sail the seas, on the back of a fish. The steering wheel must be of invaluable assistance

Dover Rough Seas
Rough seas at Dover, Kent

Brighton Rough Sea
Rough seas add excitement to the outings of riders and walkers on the sea front at Brighton, Sussex

Truck sunk during the Anzio landings; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a three-ton truck sunk alongside a pontoon, during the Allied landings in the Nettuno-Anzio area, 1944

In Roaring Forties
THE ROARING FORTIES A three-master confronts the stormy seas south of the Cape of Good Hope - here a vessel always meets the worst conditions of weather

The Saloon of an Emigrant Ship during a storm, Bay of Biscay
Engraving showing a chaotic scene below desks in rough seas as food, plates and cutlery are all sent flying by the rough seas, Bay of Biscay, 1887

Emigrant Ship at sea in a Gale, 1887
Engraving showing an emigrant ship, en route to Australia, lurching in tempestuous seas

Spanish Armada in a gale, 1588
Engraving of several Spanish galleons, in heavy seas, trying to head for home. Once the Armada had been driven away from English shores

Hoisting Sail in the Atlantic, 1884
Engraving showing the scene on deck as the ships crew hoists sail in rather heavy seas. Some of the passengers appear to be enjoying the spectacle, whereas other look rather seasick

The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
Engraving of The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, a painting by John Collier, exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1882. Henry Hudson, the great navigator, made his last voyage to the Polar Seas in 1610

Indian Ocean Reunion
Rough seas at Saint Denis de la Reunion

Greenlands Rocky Coast
The rough seas and rocky coast of Greenland have been the cause of many shipwrecks

Ship in High Seas
The transatlantic steam-packet France caught in high seas

Power from the Seas
Future power stations will harness the enormous thermal energy of the seas and convert it into usable power, along the lines proposed by Claude and Boucherot Date: circa 1935

Flying Fish / Northern Sea
Flying fish of the Northern Seas

Battle of Downs / 1639
BATTLE OF THE DOWNS A magnificent Spanish fleet sent to drive the Dutch off the seas was cornered in the Downs by an inferior fleet and defeated

Ships in Stormy Sea
Ships in stormy seas during a hurricane, off the coast of Antilles

Morecambe Storm
Rough seas lashing the seaside resort of Morecambe, Lancashire, England

Southend Pier Destroyed
The mile-long pier at Southend-on-sea is severely damaged by heavy seas

Parry / 3Rd / Fury Destroyed
Parrys third expedition: the Fury destroyed by heavy seas and trecherous icebergs

Stevenson / Yacht Equator
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writer on his yacht Equator in the South Seas

Halcyone / Ceyx / Kingfisher
She sees her husband Ceyx drowned; transported by grief, she changes into a kingfisher which some say hatches its eggs on calm seas in halcyon days

Shipwreck 2 of 4
Scene Two : the sailing vessel runs into rough seas

Sappho in Rough Sea
British sailing warship, depicted encountering heavy seas off the coast of Honduras. However, she survives another ten years before sinking in 1859

Louis IV D outremer
LOUIS IV D OUTREMER (from beyond the seas) king of France, so named because he was brought up in England

Kiel Canal Opened
After eight years work, the Nord-Ostsee Kanal (also known as the Kiel Kanal, formerly the Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal) links the North and Baltic seas, near Kiel

Diving for Amber
Diving for amber in northern seas

Basalt columns, Tasman Island, Tasmania, Australia
A dramatic view of the striking basalt cliffs of Tasman Island, off Tasmania in the southern seas

Hunting Penguins 1550
Dutch sailors hunting penguin in the southern seas

Flushing / Peters
Flushing in the province of Zeeland: A view of the entrance into the port showing a couple of sailing barges being tossed by the raging sea

Brunels Great Britain
Depicted in rough seas off Lundy, Brunels ship is the first iron, screw-propelled liner; in 1846 she will run aground, but end her career as a hulk in the Falklands

High Seas Folkestone
High seas at Folkestone, south coast of England

Australian Bight
The blue seas of the Great Australian Bight

Baleen Whale & Whalers
A whale-boat approaches a Baleen Whale in the northern seas

CAPTAIN
HMS Captain in the Bay of Biscay

Js C Dumont D urville
Js C DUMONT D URVILLE French naval explorer, noted for voyages with Astrolabe and Zelee to the South Seas and Antarctica

Whaling / South Seas 1847
Whaling in the South Seas

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