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![Mermaids](/t/473/mermaids-5883248.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Mermaids</figcaption></b><br>Two mermaids playing in the waves, "a Nixie's legend." Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration<br><em>© North Wind Picture Archives</em>")
Mermaids
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Sinking of the Titanic
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Viking ship at sea
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Battle of Actium, 31 BC
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Pirates capturing a ship
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English man-of-war, 1646
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![EVCW2A-00045](/t/473/evcw2a-00045-5879583.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>EVCW2A-00045</figcaption></b><br>Frigate "Merrimac" before and after conversion into an iron-clad Confederate warship. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration<br><em>© North Wind Picture Archives</em>")
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![Whaling ship diagram, 1800s](/t/473/whaling-ship-diagram-1800s-5885547.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Whaling ship diagram, 1800s</figcaption></b><br>Deck plan and cutaway view of whaling schooner "Amelia" of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration<br><em>© North Wind Picture Archives</em>")
Whaling ship diagram, 1800s
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Colonial shipyard
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French frigate, 1700s
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Ship in the 1600s
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![Steamship in an ocean storm](/t/473/steamship-ocean-storm-5886609.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Steamship in an ocean storm</figcaption></b><br>Steamship "Galatea" in a cyclone in the Indian Ocean, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration<br><em>© North Wind Picture Archives</em>")
Steamship in an ocean storm
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Spanish galleon at sea
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Battleship Maine, 1898
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Colonial New York harbor, 1667
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Dutch ships in the Arctic, 1600s
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![American yacht 'Mohawk'](/t/473/american-yacht-mohawk-5886511.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>American yacht "Mohawk"</figcaption></b><br>America's Cup contender "Mohawk" under full sail, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration<br><em>© North Wind Picture Archives</em>")
American yacht "Mohawk"
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![EVNT2A-00086](/t/473/evnt2a-00086-5885387.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>EVNT2A-00086</figcaption></b><br>USS frigate "Chesapeake" engaging the British ship "Shannon," War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration<br><em>© North Wind Picture Archives</em>")
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![EVNT2A-00079](/t/473/evnt2a-00079-5885385.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>EVNT2A-00079</figcaption></b><br>USS "Constitution" being towed by the crew in rowboats away from the becalmed British Navy, War of 1812 Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration<br><em>© North Wind Picture Archives</em>")
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!['Great Eastern' laying transatlantic telegraph cable](/t/473/great-eastern-laying-transatlantic-telegraph-5886557.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>"Great Eastern" laying transatlantic telegraph cable</figcaption></b><br>Steamship "Great Eastern" attempting to lay telegraph cable across the Atlantic, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration<br><em>© North Wind Picture Archives</em>")
![American clipper ship 'Great Republic'](/t/473/american-clipper-ship-great-republic-5886551.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>American clipper ship "Great Republic"</figcaption></b><br>American clipper ship "Great Republic," designed by Donald McKay. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration<br><em>© North Wind Picture Archives</em>")
![Naval battle between the British and French, 1790s](/t/473/naval-battle-british-french-1790s-5886555.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Naval battle between the British and French, 1790s</figcaption></b><br>British ship "Brunswick" in battle with French navy off the coast of Brittany, late 1700s. Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration<br><em>© North Wind Picture Archives</em>")
![Pilgrims' ship 'Mayflower' at sea, 1620](/t/473/pilgrims-ship-mayflower-sea-1620-5886459.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Pilgrims' ship "Mayflower" at sea, 1620</figcaption></b><br>The "Mayflower" bringing the first colonists to Massachusetts, 1620. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration<br><em>© North Wind Picture Archives</em>")
![Ship of explorer James Cook, 1700s](/t/473/ship-explorer-james-cook-1700s-5885333.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Ship of explorer James Cook, 1700s</figcaption></b><br>Captain James Cook's ship "Discovery." Hand-colored woodcut from a drawing by E. W. Cook, R.A.<br><em>© North Wind Picture Archives</em>")
