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Warship Hms HoodHMS Hood, completed in 1920, was the worlds largest warship for more than two decades. She was finally sunk by the Bismarck in 1941 at the Battle of Denmark Strait
Norway. Horten. 19th century. View of the city with the port and arsenal of the state with the Spanish frigate Blanca entering in the drydock
Ile d Oleron - off the French Atlantic CoastIle d Oleron - an island off the Atlantic coast of France, on the southern side of the Pertuis d Antioche strait. It is the second largest island of Metropolitan France, after Corsica
Portolan chart, 1591. Map of the Pacific Ocean. It depicts the western coast of Central and South America, from Mexico to the Strait of Magellan. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting
Map of the kingdoms of Granada and Murcia (Granata et Murcia regna) by W. Blaeu. Decorated with the Arms of both States, the figure of a surveyor and a naval combat. Published in Amsterdam, 1635
Dancing Bears - Constantinople, TurkeyTwo attendants/musicians with their dancing bears, performing on their hind legs in Constantinople, Turkey
Tsushima (Schon - 5BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA STRAIT After their overwhelming defeat of the Russian navy, the Japanese tow away the Russian warships they have captured
Tsushima (Schon - 2BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA STRAIT The Japanese Admiral Togo steams into action in his flagship Mikafa, inflicting an overwhelming defeat on the Russian fleet
View across the Golden horn toward Topkapi PalaceView across the Golden Horn (with Topkapi Palace in background) looking over the done and minarets of a Constantinople Mosque
Boatmen on the Bosphorus. The capital city of the Roman Empire between 330-395 AD, in Byzantine times, Byzantium was considered the world centre of civilsation for 600 years
Combat at Tsushima 1904NAVAL ENGAGEMENT in the Tushima Strait - the same location as the decisive battle of the following year
Krakatoa volanic eruption, 1883Cover of The Illustrated London News, 8th September 1883 with three pictures about the volcanic eruption of the island of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait which began on the afternoon of Sunday
Crossing Northumberland Strait by Ice Boat. These boats were operated in the Northumberland Strait during the 19th century and early 20th century
Menai Suspension Bridge, Menai Strait, Bangor, North Wales - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Map of proposed railway Channel Tunnel, Dover to Calais Date: circa 1850
European Turkey map by Th. DuvotenayEuropean Turkey map by Thunot Duvotenay. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840. Date: 2018
Spain, Andalusia, Tarifa. Castle of the GuzmansSpain, Andalusia, province of Cadiz, Tarifa. Castle of the Guzmans or Castle of Guzman el Bueno. It was built in 960 by Abd-ar-Rahman III, Caliph of Cordoba
Melbourne and Tasmanian Mail Routes - AustraliaDetailed map showing Melbourne and Tasmanian Mail Routes across the Bass Strait from Melbourne, Victoria to Burnie, Tasmania - Australia. Date: circa 1910s
The Naruto whirlpools - Hyogo, JapanThe Naruto whirlpools (Naruto no Uzushio) - tidal whirlpools in the Naruto Strait, a channel between Naruto in Tokushima and Awaji Island in Hyogo, Japan. Date: circa 1920s
A view down the Golden Horn, toward the cityA view from the Eyup cemetery looking down the Golden Horn, toward the city of Constantinople. Date: circa 1930
Naples, Napoli, Santa Lucia, ItalyVintage 19th century photograph: Naples, Napoli, Santa Lucia - view from the Mediterranean Sea
The South Mole, harbour, Strait of GibraltarVintage 19th century photograph: Previously known as the New Mole and New Mole Extension, the South Mole, with the rest of harbour, is just north of the east entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar
HMS Rinaldo bombarding Salangore in the Strait of Malacca. Date: 1871
English tourists attacked by Northern gannets in the OrkneysEnglish tourists losing hats and wigs when attacked by Northern gannets in the Orkneys. Seabirds protecting their nests and eggs. Doctor Prosody attacked by Soland fowl in the Orkneys
Reconstruction of the rich marine life of the Cambrian era. Extinct crinoids, jellyfish, coral and horseshoe crabs. Illustration by Hugo Wolff-Maage from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt
Training school ship HMS Conway, aground in the Menai StraitTraining school ship HMS Conway, which ran aground on flat rocks - the Platters on the Menai Strait - near the Menai Suspension Bridge - from where this photo was taken. Date: 1953
The Menai Strait, North WalesThe Menai Strait which separates the island of Anglesey from Mainland North Wales. Date: 1953
St Trillo of the L&NWSS on the Menai StraitSt Trillo - formerly St Silio- of the L&NWSS - Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Company - on the Menai Strait. Date: 1953
Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Date: 1953
Kwakiuti village on Johnston Strait, Vancouver IslandKwakiuti (Chelaski) village on Johnston Strait, Vancouver Island, with painted houses on a terraced hillside, kayaks on the shore. Engraving by Francisco Lavagnoli Veronese
Nutmeg plantation 1868Island of Penang, in the Indian Ocean by the Strait of Malacca, consisted of a vast plantation of fruit trees of which the nutmeg was run by an English enterprise
Istanbul, Turkey - View down onto the Bosphorus. circa 1910s
WW1 - Aerial View of the Dardanelles Battlefields, TurkeyWW1 - Aerial View of the Dardanelles Battlefield theatre, Turkey on 18th March 1915. 1915
Tugboat Piloting Ship Date: 1954
The Ramparts and the Harbour - Tangier, MoroccoThe Ramparts and the Harbour - Tangier, a Moroccan port on the Strait of Gibraltar. Date: 1903
William Ernest HenleyWILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY writer - It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul ! Date: 1849 - 1903
A Kroomen, an African SailorA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Mercedes Gleitze greased for Gibraltar swimOpen water long-distance swimmer Mercedes Gleitze greases herself in preparation for her Strait of Gibraltar attempted swim (she succeeded on her second attempt in 1928). Date: 1927
Map of Pantellaria (Pantelleria) by G. H. DavisA contour map of Pantellaria (Pantelleria), a volcanic Italian island outpost which surrendered unconditionally on 11 June 1943 -- the first loss of Italian soil to the Allies during the Second World
Indigenous Selk nam Indian, Punta Arenas, Patagonia, ChileIndigenous Selk nam Indian of Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena, Chile - toward the southernmost point on the South American mainland
Istanbul, Turkey - Moda, Kadikoy. Date: circa 1907
Indigenous Selk nam Indians, Punta Arenas, Patagonia, ChileIndigenous Selk nam Indian Woman of Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena, Chile - toward the southernmost point on the South American mainland, pictured with her laden horse
Gates of the Dolmabahce Palace looking toward the BosphorusThe gates of the Dolmabahce Palace looking toward Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1906
Fuegian man, Native of Tierra del FuegoA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Fuegian women, Natives of Tierra del FuegoA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Killen-Strait armoured tractor, WW1A Killen-Strait armoured tractor, claimed to be the first completed British tank used during the First World War. Date: 1915
The Yacht Eira in the Arctic, 1881Engraving showing the yacht Eira, used by Benjamin Leigh Smith, to explore the Arctic region around Franz Joseph Land and the ocean North of Russia, 1881-1882
Ufos / Valentich / Bass StNear Melbourne, Australia, Frederick Valentich, flying alone, encounters unknown object over the sea and after a strange radio message he and his plane vanish for ever
