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!
Brass token. Brass token. Obverse: Port broadside view of a three-masted ship under sail. Legend: 'IOHN HAYWARD'. Reverse: Inscribed 'I.H.' on either side of a spray of three roses. Legend: 'IN LAVINGTON 1663'.
1663
National Maritime Museum
Middel-landtsche Zee nieuwlix uytgegeven. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:5 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 007 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, English and French miles [actually leagues]. Addit
1663
National Maritime Museum
Nova delineatio totius orbis terrarum. Bound sheet. Engr. Double hemisphere. Additional Places: world. Contents Note: A landmass labelled 'Terra Australis Incognita' is sketched further south than the then known parts of the Australian coast. Ca
1663
National Maritime Museum
Oost Indien van Cabo de Bona Esperanca tot Ceilon. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:14 500 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Border graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, English and French miles [actually league
1663
National Maritime Museum
Oosterdeel van Oost Indien. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Border graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, English and French miles [actually leagues]. Additional Places: SE Asia, Australia. Co
1663
National Maritime Museum
Pascaarte van Nieu Nederlandt. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:2 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Border graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch miles and English and French miles [actually leagues]. Additional Places: Chesapeake, Cape Cod.
A chart
1663
National Maritime Museum
The presentation medal to Admiral Michel Adrianzoon de Ruyter (1607-1676. Presentation medal to Admiral Michel Adrianzoon de Ruyter (1607-1676). Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII
1663
National Maritime Museum