Pacific Ocean Gallery

Japanese taking Port Arthur, 1894

Japanese warships taking Port Arthur, Manchuria, during the Sino-Japanese War, 1894.
Printed color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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PNAV2A-00033

Us Navy squadron commanded by Matthew Perry sailing for Japan, 1852: USS Susquehannah, Saratoga, St Mary's, a supply ship, Plymouth, Perry in rowboat, Mississippi, and Princeton (left to right).
Hand-colored woodcut of an 1850s illustration

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Mariana Islands in the Pacific discovered by Magellan, 1521

The Ladrones, later called the Marianas, and a native outrigger drawn by Pigafetta on the Magellan expedition, 1521.
Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

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