The Mayflower is the ship that the Pilgrims sailed on from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
A saw custom suited for cutting through ice. Ice saws may be used to open a hole in the ice covering…
A fortified building situated between two sharp hills at the edge of a lake. Two men are launching a…
A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. Top:…
One of the most important remains from the Viking age was found at the grave site Gokstadhaugen in Sandefjord.…
On December 4, 1619, a group of 38 English settlers arrived at Berkeley Hundred, about eight thousand…
A floating dock is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons. These are usually joined to the shore with…
A man using a single scull to row a boat. Sculling was used by ancient Chinese, American Indians, and…
Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish. The family includes many familiar…
The Yazoo River was of major importance during the American Civil War. The first electrically detonated…
The Great Seal of the State of South Dakota, 1889. The seal shows hills, a river and a boat, a farmer,…
The Great Seal of the State of Tennessee. The seal shows images such as wheat and a plow to represent…
"Seine-boat. A boat specially designed or used for holding, carrying, or paying out a seine" (a large…
The Annual Excursion of the Congo Fishing Club. Chorus of members :— "Hey, there, in the stern!…
The Annual Excursion of the Congo Fishing Club. The thick-skinned member :— "Beg pardon, were…
The wharf of a fishing community. Boats are docked at along the side and a warehouse sits on the landward…
"Settee. A vessel with one deck and a very long sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen…
A frame with a spinning wheel in the foregroud. A ship can be seen on the left and a church steeple…
The sheer hulk is a ship that is afloat but incapable of going to sea. It was used as a crane to help…
"Frame of a vessel supported by shores." A shore is a "post or beam of timber or iron for the temporary…
"Riding-boom. A boat-boom or long spar working in a hinge or goose-neck, designed to be lowered…
"Hawser-rudder. a, hawser; bb, hauling-lines, leading through chocks on each quarter." -Whitney, 1911
"Running-part. Naut., that part of a rope which is hauled upon is called the hauling-part (b), the part…
An illustration of a three triangles created with boats and a lighthouse. This is an example illustration…
A scene from the book The Young Wrecker, showing the hero Fred Ransom as he "plunged into the arms of…
From, Bache's book The Young Wrecker, the boy Fred Ransom defends himself against a Native American…
The felucca is a sailing vessel used to protect the Red Sea and the eastern part of the Mediterranean…
"A case in the form of a book in which to keep fishing-flies. It has leaves of Bristol-board or other…
"Nautical: A rope extended under a yard from the middle to the yardarm, and under the jib- and spanker-booms,…
Tangrams, invented by the Chinese, are used to develop geometric thinking and spatial sense. Seven figures…
Tangrams, invented by the Chinese, are used to develop geometric thinking and spatial sense. Seven figures…
Tangrams, invented by the Chinese, are used to develop geometric thinking and spatial sense. Seven figures…
Tangrams, invented by the Chinese, are used to develop geometric thinking and spatial sense. Seven figures…
Outlines of boats (sailboat, ship, yacht) made from tangram pieces. Tangrams, invented by the Chinese,…