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Construction of the boats for William I, Bayeux Tapestry, c1070s, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, c1880. Artist: DJ PoundIsambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, c1880. Portrait of Brunel (1806-1859) published in a supplement to the Illustrated News of the World, London
Page from the book The Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. Artist: Michael WolgemutPage from the book The Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. Also known as Schedels World History, the book is an illustrated history of the world, first published in 1493
Launch of the French battleship Patrie, Toulon, December 1903 (1904). An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd January 1904
The launching of the armoured cruiser Leon Gambetta, France, 1901. The ship, named after the prominent French 19th century statesman, was torpedoed and sunk by an Austro-Hungarian submarine in 1915
Iron Shipbuilding, 1873. Joseph d Aguilar Samuda (1813-1885), British mechanical engineer and naval architect. In partnership with his brother Jacob (d1844)
The Marina of Brest, c1750-1810. Artist: Nicolas Marie OzanneThe Marina of Brest, c1750-1810
The British Tar of The Future, 1862. With the advances in ship building racing ahead after the move from wood to iron, here Mr Punch shows the Jack Tar of the future clad