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!
The yachts off Margate, 8 December 1677. The Yachts off Margate, 28 November [OS]/8 December 1677.
In the background, the bow of the ‘Mermaid’ (meermert), the ‘Greyhound’ (de grahont) and ‘Saudadoes’ (de soldate), six
1677
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the city and environs of Quebec, with its siege and blockade by the Americans, from the 8th of December 1775 to the 13th of May 1776.. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:7 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Sandbanks s
1776
National Maritime Museum
'Buonaparte hearing of Nelson's Victory swears by his Sword to Extirpate the English from off the Earth'. Hand-coloured caricature 'Buonaparte hearing of Nelson's Victory swears by his Sword to Extirpate the English from off the E
Published 8 December 1798
National Maritime Museum
Buonaparte hearing of Nelson's Victory swears by his sword to Extirpate the English from off the Earth (caricature). Hand-coloured.
8 Dec 1798
National Maritime Museum
Rudder cap for a Ship of the Line (1829). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the elevation and plan of a cap over the head of the rudder for Ships of the Line (1829).
8 December 1829
National Maritime Museum
Murcia, ascending the mountain pass, numbered 62. Cooke made numerous trips throughout Europe and North Africa. In 1860, in company with Robert Bateman, he undertook a journey around Spain towards Tangier. A new, more luminous quality began to pervade the
8 December 1860
National Maritime Museum