Plate 107: The Wreck of Ceyx's Ship (Ceyx Clarium oraculum petens, tempstate in Aegeo mari obruitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome)
[Images showing a shipwreck and people in a boat sailing toward the wreck]
Illus. opposite p. 10.
The wreck at sea
Print shows four men on wrecked boat being rescued by men in rowboat.
Dreadful Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach, January 2nd, 1837 – As Now Exhibiting at Hanington Dioramas–Perished in All–115 Souls.
A ship, the Mexico, is tossed in ocean waves during a storm. In the foreground five men on shore attempt to throw ropes to the crew in a lifeboat at left. H. Sewell (American, active New York, 1834–38)
map from "Narrative of the Wreck of the “Favourite” on the Island of Desolation: detailing the adventures, sufferings and privations of J. Nunn, an historical account of the Island, and its whale and seal fisheries. Edited by W. B. Clarke"
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seals from "Narrative of the Wreck of the “Favourite” on the Island of Desolation: detailing the adventures, sufferings and privations of J. Nunn, an historical account of the Island, and its whale and seal fisheries. Edited by W. B. Clarke"
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scanned image from "[The Wreck of the Orion: a tribute of gratitude ... Second edition.]"
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scanned image from "[The Wreck of the Orion: a tribute of gratitude ... Second edition.]"
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map from "[The Wreck of the Orion: a tribute of gratitude ... Second edition.]"
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Wreck & burning of the steamer Independence on the island of Margarita, February 16th, 1853 ; 150 lives lost / / From the sketch of Mr. Cross, passenger ; Lith. & publd. by Britton & Rey, S. Fco.
Pictorial lettersheet shows rescue attempts being made on burning and sinking ship; with attached blank leaf.
Disasters of 60 days : Wreck of Steamship Tennessee, Indian Cove, March 6th, 1853 ; Wreck & burning of the steamer Independence on the island of Margarita, Feby. 16th, 1853. 150 lives lost ; Collapse of flue on board Jenny Lind off San Francisquito, April 11th, 1853, 50 lives lost ; Wreck of propellor steamship S.S. Lewis, Duxburg Reef, April 9th, 1853 / / Lith. & pubh. by Britton & Rey, cr. California & Montgomery St., San Francisco.
Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of shipwrecks on one page plus two vignettes of (top) a shepherdess and a bear and (center) Explosion R.K. Page Nicolaus, Feather River, March 21th, 1853; with attached blank leaf.
ship from "[The Doomed Ship; or, the Wreck of the Arctic Regions.]"
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The wreck on the Goodwin Sands
Illustration of a shipwrecked man and woman clinging to a wooden frame, as men in a ship attempt to rescue them.
Shipwreck off Nantucket (Wreck off Nantucket after a Storm)
On August 8, 1859, the whaling ship Nantucket ran aground during the night at Nashawena Island, Massachusetts, part of the Elizabeth Islands at the entrance to Vineyard Sound. The next day, Bradford left his st... more
Remains of wreck on the track, ready for transportation to Alexandria. This train was thrown from the track by the Rebels
Photograph shows the remains of a train derailed in battle returning to Alexandria by train.