Tag Archives: Ships & Sailing

1866: Waterspout

Posted on January 23, 2018 by corvusfugit

Gustave Courbet: The Waterspout (1866)

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1968: Submarine

Posted on November 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

George Dunning, director: Yellow Submarine (1968)

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1882: Waves

Posted on November 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alfred Thompson Bricher: Breaking Waves (c. 1882)

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2003: Donkey

Posted on November 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Paola Pivi: Untitled (Donkey) (2003)

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1814: The Fairy Vessel Performed its Little Voyage

Posted on October 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley loved paper boats: Shelley’s walks, when not determined elsewhere, often tended in the direction of a pond at no great distance from Primrose Hill, very proper for the delectable amusement of sailing paper boats; or … Continue reading →

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2016: Correction

Posted on October 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

A correction in The New York Times, April 10, 2016: An article on March 20 about wave piloting in the Marshall Islands misstated the number of possible paths that could be navigated without instruments among the 34 islands and atolls … Continue reading →