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 Ship Wrecked off a Rocky Coast. A fleet of ships is shown near a rocky coast. One of them, in stern view, is shown on the left with its sails half down, clawing to windward off the land, and the other shipping is visible on the horizon. A large rock ris
1640
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating Cardinal Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642). Counter commemorating Cardinal Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642). Obverse: Bust of the cardinal in a cap and high collar (right). Legend: 'ARMAND .
1640
National Maritime Museum
Gun, 4pdr. Bronze muzzleloading smoothbore 4 pdr gun engraved MOUNTJOY EARLE OF NEWPORT MR GENERALL OF THE ORDNANCE IOHN BROWNE MADE THIS PEECE 1640 Tudor Rose crown CR (for Charles I). Calibre: 3.2in. The gun is mounted on a replica carriage. The Brown
1640
National Maritime Museum
Gun, 4pdr. Bronze muzzleloading smoothbore 4pdr gun mounted on a replica carriage.. The gun is engraved: MOUNTIOY EARLE OF NEWPORT MR GENERALL OF THE ORDNANCE IOHN BROWNE MADETHIS PEECE 1640. Tudor rose crown CR (Charles I). Calibre: 3.2in. The Brownes
1640
National Maritime Museum
Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae. Single sheet. Col. engr. Medium: 2 sheets of paper with central vertical join. Scale: [ca. 1:1 500 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Graduated for lat & long. Rhumbs. Scale in German miles and Gallician miles
1640; circa 1700
National Maritime Museum
Shipping in an Estuary. A scene showing an estuary with shipping and land rising up on either side. The land on the far right includes white cliffs rising up towards fields and woods. Several church towers are implied on the skyline and this specificity i
1640
National Maritime Museum
Spectabili, Ornatijsmo viro ac Domino Joh. Huyssen J. Co. Zeellandiae Ordin. foederat. Belgij rebus Neptu nianis apud Middelburgenses Mattiacarum a Consilijs Apelline scientiae maxime studioso, Mecenati miki faventissimo Posui. Technique includes etching.
1640
National Maritime Museum
Tabula Magellanica, qua Tierrae del Fuego, cum celeberrimis fretis a F.Magellano et I.Le Maire detectis novissima et accuratissima descriptio exhibetur.. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: 2 sheets joined at centre. Scale: [ca. 1:300 000]. Cartographic Note: Gra
1640
National Maritime Museum
A Dutch Ferry Boat Before a Breeze. A variety of shipping is shown, on a blustery day, off the Dutch coast. A kaag or ferry boat with a red sail occupies the centre foreground of the painting. She flies the Dutch flag at the mainmast and is carrying a ran
late 1640s
National Maritime Museum
A Dutch Ship Running onto a Rocky Coast. A Dutch trading ship, flying the Dutch flag, is being carried by bleak and tenebrous waters which force it towards dark, foreboding cliffs. Foamy waves, composed diagonally across the surface of the painting, haul
late 1640s
National Maritime Museum
Dutch Ferry Boats in a Fresh Breeze. This painting shows Dutch boats in a fresh breeze. Boats traverse a busy waterway in order to reach the land which is visible on the far right of the composition. Two boats are laden with passengers and are ferrying pe
1640s
National Maritime Museum