Adventures of the Blackgang
Thalassophilia, Nautical History, Culture, and Art
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Burg Rheinstein.
Myles Birket Foster, from The Rhine and its picturesque scenery, by Henry Mayhew, London, 1856.
(This Birket Foster series goes out to athousandwinds)
(Source: archive.org)
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Mainz (Mayence).
Myles Birket Foster, from The Rhine and its picturesque scenery, by Henry Mayhew, London, 1856.
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Swordfish.
From Brehms Tierleben (Brehm’s animal life) vol. 8, under the direction of Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig & Vienna, 1900.
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German steamboat Bussard, built in 1905, parades on the Baltic Sea on Aug. 11 during the Hanse Sail sailing festival in Rostock, northeastern Germany. The maritime festival that took place Aug. 9-12 featured more than 220 tall ships and a huge cultural program.
The Week in Pictures: Aug. 9 - 16; NBC News
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Rowing to the sailing ship (1940s)
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Though gaily ye may laugh,
In grief ye shall be left,
For, mocking maids, this ring
Ye ask shall never be yours.Arthur Rackham, from Siegfried & The twilight of the gods, by Richard Wagner, London, 1911.
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SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
German transatlantic ocean liner named after Wilhelm I, German Emperor, the first ruler of united Germany. Constructed in Stettin for the North German Lloyd (NDL), she entered service in 1897 and was the first liner to have four funnels.
The ship began a new era in ocean travel and the novelty of having four funnels was quickly associated with size, strength, speed and above all luxury. Quickly established on the Atlantic, she gained the Blue Riband for Germany, a notable prize for the quickest trip from Europe to America which had been previously dominated by the British.
The Loss of the Blue Riband to Germany
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Illustrations by Hans Hoffmann for Das Puppendorf (Germany, 1906)
The whole book can be viewed at the Braunschweig Digital Library.
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