41 results filtered with: Shipwrecks
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The narrative of Captain David Woodard and four seamen: who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays in the island of Celebes ; containing an interesting account of their sufferings ... ; also an account of the manners and customs of the country ... ; Together with an introduction, and an appendix. Containing narratives of various escapes from shipwrecks ... holding out a valuable seaman's guide ... / [Ed. by W. Vaughan].
Woodard, D. N. (David N.)Date: 1805- Books
Death raft : the human drama of the Medusa shipwreck / Alexander McKee.
Alexander McKeeDate: 1975
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A child being rescued from a shipwreck, two women are in the sea about to be rescued by a boat. Stipple engraving by A. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon.
William WyonDate: 1800-1899Reference: 17934i
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Narrative of the wreck of the 'Favorite' on the Island of Desolation [Kerguelen Island]: detailing the adventures, sufferings, and privations of John Nunn; an historical account of the island, and its whale and seal fisheries ... / Edited by W.B. Clarke, M.D.
John NunnDate: 1850
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A shipwrecked woman holds on to the remains of a ship-mast waving for help in the stormy sea. Engraving by C. Heath after H. Warren.
Henry WarrenDate: 1 October 1847Reference: 43718i
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An essay on the preservation of shipwrecked mariners, in answer to the prize-questions proposed by the Royal Humane Society : "1. What are the best means of preserving mariners from shipwreck?-2. Of keeping the vessel afloat?-3. Of giving assistance to the crew, when boats dare not venture out to their aid?" / by A. Fothergill, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Royal College of Physicians, Lond. honorary member of Medical and Phil. Societies of Lond. Edinb. Paris, Manchest. Philadel. &c.
Anthony FothergillDate: 1799
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A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.
Dietrich Wilhelm LindauDate: 1835Reference: 38511i- Pictures
A wrecker salvaging the remains of a shipwreck off the Shetland Isles. Steel engraving by W. Miller after W. Collins.
William CollinsDate: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 590007i
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Histoire des naufrages, ou recueil des relations les plus intéressantes des naufrages, hivernemens, délaissemens, incendies, famines, et autres événemens funestes sur mer, qui ont été publiées depuis le quinzième siècle jusqu'à-présent / Par M.D. ... A. ... [i.e. J.L.H.S. Deperthes].
Jean-Louis-Hubert-Simon DeperthesDate: 1788-1789
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Narrative of the sufferings and adventures of Henderick Portenger, a private soldier of the late Swiss regiment de Mueron, who was wrecked on the shores of Abyssinia, in the Red Sea / by R. De May.
Portenger, Hendrick.Date: 1819
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Naufragia or historical memoirs of shipwrecks, and of the providential deliverance of vessels / By James Stanier Clarke.
James Stanier ClarkeDate: 1805-1806- Books
In the heart of the sea : the epic true story that inspired Moby Dick / Nathaniel Philbrick.
Nathaniel PhilbrickDate: 2000
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Saint Paul: his shipwreck on Malta. Engraving by M. Vandergucht after G. Freman.
Freman, G.Date: 1705Reference: 6757i
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Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; it does not harm him and the onlookers take him for a god. Etching after J. Thornhill.
James ThornhillDate: 1791Reference: 24912i- Books
An appeal to the British nation, on the humanity and policy of forming a national institution, for the preservation of lives and property from shipwreck. / By Sir William Hillary.
William HillaryDate: 1823
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The dangers of the deep; or, interesting narratives of shipwrecks and disasters at sea.
Date: [between 1836 and 1844]