Nautical Illustrations: 681 Royalty-Free Illustrations from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Dover Pictorial Archive)
Jim Harter
Language: English
Pages: 128
ISBN: 0486428354
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
While this book is intended is intended for all who love boats, ships, history, and nautical lore, it is also designed as a definitive source of high-quality, royalty-free images for use by artists, graphic designers, desktop publishers, ad agencies, and more. This collection of 681 wood engravings includes striking examples of some of the world's most beautiful boats and ships. Among the many famous vessels in this volume are Columbus's ships, the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria; King Henry's VIII's Great Harry; the Pilgrim Fathers' Mayflower; Henry Hudson's Half Moon; King Charles I's Sovereign of the Seas; Captain Cook's Discovery; the HMS Bellerophon; Fulton's Clermont; and the Great Eastern. Among famous naval battles shown are the conflict at Actium, the invasion of the Spanish Armada, Dutch-English engagements in the 17th century, Anson's Centurion capturing a Spanish treasure ship, Nelson's victory at Trafalgar, Perry's triumph at Lake Erie, and the Civil War ironclad contest between the Monitor and the Merrimac.
This volume includes a wide variety of vessels: rowboats, funeral barges, Venetian gondolas, catamarans, Native American canoes, Chinese junks, tugboats, canal boats, barges, yachts, brigs, barks, sloops, skiffs, catboats, various kinds of vessels used for fishing and whaling, ships in distress, and more. There are also examples of nautically related material: navigational instruments, diving suits and helmets, lighthouses, canal locks, dry docks, the Suez Canal, helmsmen, ship captains, seamen at work, deck scenes, and interiors of boats. taken from rare sources — depict primitive canoes, a Roman galley, ship figureheads, naval battles, dock scenes, lighthouses, pirate ships, steam-powered battleships, and a wealth of other subjects. Brief captions identify pictures, which are arranged chronologically. Features over 600 black-and-white illustrations from rare sources, arranged chronologically.
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147: Hull of ship carrying 50 guns, 1701. 148: The HMS Victory, 1735. 149: Hull of ship carrying 64 guns, 1760. 150: Scene after a naval battle, 18th century. 151: Engagement between Anson’s Centurion and a ship in Manila Harbor, 1740s. 152: Deck of British man-of-war, 18th century. 153: Battle of Copenhagen, April 2, 1801. 154: Nelson’s victory over French at Trafalgar. 155: Perry’s victory at Lake Erie. 156: Engagement between French vessels and ships of the East Indian Company at Pulo Aor,
and Bridles. 32, Foretop-mast—33, Shrouds and Halyards; 34, Foretop-yard and Foretopsail; 35, Studdingsail-boom; 36, Runner; 37, Foretop-backstays; 38, Lifts; 39, Horses; 40, Clewlines; 41, Bowlines and Bridles; 42, Sheets; 43, Buntlines; 44, Crosstrees; 45, Cap. 46, Foretop-gallant-mast—47, Shrouds and Lanyards; 48, Foretop-gallant-yard and Sails; 49, Studdingsail-boom; 50, Foretop-gallant-backstay; 51, Foretop-gallant-lifts; 52, Clewlines; 53, Braces and Pendants; 54, Bowlines and Bridles 55,
River, 1895. 388: Suction and bucket dredger, 1897. 389, 390: Steam yachts, ca. 1890s. 391: Types of buoys. 392, 393: Tugboats, ca. 1890s. 394, 396: Great Lakes “whale-back” steamers, ca. 1890s. 395: The Bazin wheel steamboat, ca. 1890. 397, 402: Electric-powered vessels, 398, 401: Steam launches. 399, 400: Petroleum-powered launches. 403: Barges at dock, ca. 1870s. 404: Loading from floating elevator, ca. 1870s. 405: Canal boat. 406: Flatboat, Mississippi River, ca. 1850s. 407: Canal lock.
River, 1895. 388: Suction and bucket dredger, 1897. 389, 390: Steam yachts, ca. 1890s. 391: Types of buoys. 392, 393: Tugboats, ca. 1890s. 394, 396: Great Lakes “whale-back” steamers, ca. 1890s. 395: The Bazin wheel steamboat, ca. 1890. 397, 402: Electric-powered vessels, 398, 401: Steam launches. 399, 400: Petroleum-powered launches. 403: Barges at dock, ca. 1870s. 404: Loading from floating elevator, ca. 1870s. 405: Canal boat. 406: Flatboat, Mississippi River, ca. 1850s. 407: Canal lock.
for this new mode of power. Steamboats went through different evolutions depending on whether paddle wheels or screw propellers were used. The massive giant, Great Eastern, which laid the Atlantic Cable, used both types of propulsion. After commercial and passenger steam vessels are explored in some detail, examples are shown of new military applications. Notably important was the development of ironclads during the American Civil War. This inspired a swift revolution in the design of naval craft