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Deck Collection

Background imageDeck Collection: Cutaway view of an American warship

Cutaway view of an American warship
Hull of an American man-of-war cut open amidships, showing deck plans and quarters, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageDeck Collection: Whaling ship diagram, 1800s

Whaling ship diagram, 1800s
Deck plan and cutaway view of whaling schooner " Amelia" of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageDeck Collection: EVCW2A-00109

EVCW2A-00109
Admiral David G. Farragut in the rigging during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 1864, American Civil War. Hand-colored photogravure of a W.H. Overend painting

Background imageDeck Collection: Slave-ship diagram showing Africans packed on deck

Slave-ship diagram showing Africans packed on deck
Deck plan of a slave ship, showing how captured Africans were arranged as cargo, 1700s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Background imageDeck Collection: BUSN2A-00105

BUSN2A-00105
Sailors " gamming" - talking and entertaining each other on a whaling-ship, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageDeck Collection: Steerage passengers bound for America, 1800s

Steerage passengers bound for America, 1800s
Immigrant families sailing across the Atlantic to America, mid-1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageDeck Collection: Passage around Cape Horn in stormy seas

Passage around Cape Horn in stormy seas
Slippery deck of a ship in heavy seas sailing around Cape Horn, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageDeck Collection: Columbus first sighting the New World

Columbus first sighting the New World
Columbus getting his first sight of the New World from the deck of the Santa Maria, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageDeck Collection: The Chesapeake affair, 1807

The Chesapeake affair, 1807
Naval officers of the US frigate " Chesapeake" surrender to the British frigate " Leopard, " 1807. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageDeck Collection: EVNT2A-00010

EVNT2A-00010
Impressment of an American sailor by a British naval officer, early 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th century illustration

Background imageDeck Collection: EVNT2A-00199

EVNT2A-00199
Gold seekers en route to the California Gold Rush on a clipper ship in fair weather, 1849 or 1850. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageDeck Collection: EXPL3A-00008

EXPL3A-00008
Columbus watching for land from the deck of the caravel Santa Maria, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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