Description
Historic types of ships from antiquity to the 19th century: 1) Egyptian sea ship; 2) Syracusia - designed by Archimedes and built around 240 BC by Archias of Corinth on the orders of Hieron II of Syracuse. 3) Trireme - ancient Greek or Roman war galley with three banks of oars. 4) Venetian galley; 5) Viking boat; 6) Viking ship; 7) Caravel of Christopher Columbus; 8) Hanseatic cog (14th and 15th century); 9) Henry Grace à Dieu - Henry VIII's flagship (1515); 10) "Great Harry" in 1550 (Henry Grace à Dieu after renaming); 11) English warship "Royal Sovereign (Sovereign of the Seas)" in 1637; 12) English warship "Nelsons Victory (HMS Victory)"; 13) Prussian sailing corvette "Amazone" (1861 sank); 14) German steam corvette "Augusta" (1885 sank); 15) German steam frigate "Elisabeth"; 16) Hamburg five-masted steel barque "Potosi" (1894). Raster prints after drawings, published in 1897.