Tag Archives: Ships & Sailing

1904: Columbia

Posted on July 18, 2021 by corvusfugit

A model of the USS Columbia at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904; cropped from a larger photo: The ship to the right may be the Minneapolis. The Columbia was the fourth ship with that name in the US Navy; … Continue reading →

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1874: Seascape

Posted on August 6, 2020 by corvusfugit

Alfred Thompson Bricher: Seascape (1874)

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1250 BC: The Gurob Ship-Cart

Posted on July 1, 2020 by corvusfugit

This wooden model of a ship on a wheeled cart was found in Gurob, Egypt in 1920—and dates from the thirteenth or twelfth century BC. Although carts like this were used simply to transport ships from one place to another, … Continue reading →

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1939: Revolt

Posted on June 1, 2020 by corvusfugit

Hale Woodruff’s murals commemorating the revolt on the Spanish slave ship Amistad were installed in Talladega College’s Savery Library in 1939, the centennial of the uprising. The first mural depicts the moment when, on or about July 1, 1839, kidnapped … Continue reading →

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1907: The Boat of the Ideal

Posted on September 17, 2019 by corvusfugit

Constant Montald: The Boat of the Ideal (1907)

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1893: Marine

Posted on September 9, 2019 by corvusfugit

Nils Hansteen: Marine (1893)

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1858: The Austria

Posted on June 6, 2019 by corvusfugit

Josef Püttner: Sinking of the Emigrant Ship “Austria” on 13th September 1858 (1858)

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1871: The Burning Ship

Posted on June 6, 2019 by corvusfugit

Albert Bierstadt: The Burning Ship (ca 1871)

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1900: Exploding Ship

Posted on June 4, 2019 by corvusfugit

Ivan Aivazovsky: Exploding Ship (1900). The painting is unfinished; Aivazovsky was painting it the day he died.

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1682: A Black Cloud of Strange Appearance

Posted on March 2, 2019 by corvusfugit

At Lynn, Mass., one evening in 1682, after the sun had set, and darkness had begun to throw its pall over the land, a man by the name of Handford went out of doors to ascertain if the new moon … Continue reading →

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