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 draught of the Great Bay, Back Bay, and harbour of Trincomalay, on the island of Zeloan, describing all the islands, rivers, rocks and dangerous shoals, with exact marks for the shoals, & also the marks to avoid them; likewise the depths of water, a
1765
National Maritime Museum
Carte reduite des costes occidentales d'Afrique. Seconde seuille depuis le Cap Bojador jusqu'a la Riviere de Sierra Leona ... 1753 par le Sr. Bellin Ingenieur de la Marine corrigee en 1765. Scale: 1:250,000 (lat). Printed chart of the Atlantic
1765
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the action against the Barbary pirates. Counter commemorating the action against the Barbary pirates. Obverse: Inscription within ornamental floral fame, surmounted by the Doge's cap: 'ALOYSII MOCENICO PRINC . VENE MUNUS .
1765
National Maritime Museum
Egmont (1768). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building 'Egmont', a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker at Deptford Dockyard.
Circa June 1765
National Maritime Museum
HMS Victory (1765); Warship; First rate; 100 guns. Scale: 1:48. A contemporary(?) half block design model of the HMS Victory (1765), a first rate, 100 gun three-decked ship of the line.
circa 1800-03(?)
National Maritime Museum
Intrepid (1770). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Intrepid (1770), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The plan includes a table of mast and yard dimensions. The later alteratio
Circa November-December 1765
National Maritime Museum
Leather wallet. A large leather wallet, having a flap with a scalloped edge and a metal clasp. It is navy-coloured outside and tan inside with three compartments, two lined with marbled paper. In gold lettering under the flap: 'Rt. Tomlinson 1765.
1765
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Etienne François, Duc de Choiseul-Amboise (1719-1785), Minister of Marine. Medal commemorating Etienne François, Duc de Choiseul-Amboise (1719-1785), Minister of Marine. Obverse: The Duke's coat of arms with coronet
1765
National Maritime Museum
Rear-Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1725-86. A half-length portrait to right wearing flag officer's undress uniform, 1748-67, with the coat buttoned across. He wears his own hair.
Keppel was the second son of the Earl of Albemarle, and one of a powerful
1765
National Maritime Museum
Royal Oak (1769). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with alterations, sheer lines with some marked futtock, and longitudinal half-breadth with bow waterline alterations, proposed (and approved) for 'Royal Oak' (1769), a 74-gun Third Rate,
Circa 1765
National Maritime Museum
Victory (1765); Warship; First rate; 100 guns. Scale: 1:60. A model of H.M.S Victory (1765) made entirely in wood that has been painted in realistic colours with metal fittings. The vessel is shown in a launching cradle on a slipway. The hull is painted w
Mid-18th century
National Maritime Museum