Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg 1783-1853 Denemarken

The HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, which were led by British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, were last seen in the late 1840s.

Penjajap, also pangajava and pangayaw, were native outrigger warships used by several Austronesian ethnic groups in maritime Southeast Asia. They were typically very long and narrow, and were very fast. They are mentioned as being used by native fleets in Indonesia, the southern Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei.

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This series of paintings dates back to 1800-1820 and depicts a series of different types of boats that use to cross the Pearl River in Guangzhou, China. Each boat is presented isolated in the middle of a rectangular canvas. with the line of the water softly marked with shadows of the color blue...

Types of Puffer Before the development of steamers, cargo was carried by sturdy sailing vessels operating on the west coast. These boats were known by those who operated them as gabberts. They usually had pointed sterns with outside rudders, operated by tillers. They were most frequently used to transport cargo between the Forth and Clyde Canal and west coast ports. In 1856 an iron barge was converted into the propeller-driven steamer Thomas, and operated on the Canal between Glasgow and Falkirk. Thomas proved that it was more economical to move goods by steam power and many small purpose-built steamers followed. These early puffers borrowed their hull forms from sailing gabberts and had very simple engines with the controls on deck. NB the illustration is probably of a ketch. Gabberts were usually single masted. see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=5784901

HMS Bounty with all plain sail set at sea in 1789. It is blue skies and fair weather for Capt. William Bligh at this time in the Pacific Ocean.