This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
A correct chart of the east coast, from Hasbrough or Haisbrough Sand to Kingston upon Hull.. Bound sheet. Engraving. Scale: [ca. 1: (bar)]. Bar scale in miles. North at 112 degrees (magnetic) with variation shown 2 points east in 1786. Contains sailing d
1797
National Maritime Museum
A late survey by John Diston of Lowestoff, pilot, master & mariner [River Thames from London Bridge to the Isle of Dogs]. Bound sheet, engraving. Scale: [circa 1: ]. Bar scale of one mile in furlongs. The chart depicts and identifies wharves, stairs,
1797
National Maritime Museum
A new and correct chart from the Isle of Dogs, to Prittlewell, and the Nore. Bound sheet, engraving. Scale: [circa 1: ]. Bar scale in miles. North at 159 degrees (magnetic). Contains sailing directions, a list of the best places for ships to anchor and a
1797
National Maritime Museum
A new and correct chart of the sea coast, from Orfordness Lights to Prittlewell. Bound sheet. Engraving. Scale: [ca. 1: (bar)]. Bar scale in miles. North at 45 degrees (magnetic) with variation shown 18 degrees east. Contains a large coastal view: A prosp
1797
National Maritime Museum