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!
Friday 19th of June 1778 - see Ellis's Voyages Vol 1 p 278 Schumagins Isles, near Turnagain River, on the N W coast of America. See the chart in Ellis's Voyage. Medium includes graphite.; Signed by artist and dated.
1777
National Maritime Museum
Volcano in the Sea, as seen from His Majesty's Ship Sabrina, off the Azores, June 19th 1811. original art: drawing
19 Jun 1811
National Maritime Museum
Resolute (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the section, profile, and plan for the diving bell apparatus as fitted on the afterpart of the upper deck of Resolute (1805), a 12 gun Gunbrig. She was fitted as a diving bell ship at Plymouth Dockyard between
19 June 1816
National Maritime Museum