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Ship Movements During the Battle of the Nile
Map of ship movements during the Battle of the Nile. British ships are red, French ships are blue. Image by Gsl; based on a map from Intelligence in War, John Keegan, 2003, p. 43.

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Chola Ship
This is a model of a Chola ship, rebuilt by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
Location: Government Museum, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu state, India

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Korean Turtle-Ship
A modern replica of a Korean turtle-ship (kobukson), used by Admiral Yi Sun-sin in the Imjin Wars between Korea, China, & Japan (1592-1598). The precise design is not known except that the deck was covered, perhaps using iron plating, and...

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Dutch Ship in Recife, Brazil
A c. 1640 painting showing a Dutch ship in the harbour of Recife, Portuguese Brazil. Painted by Abraham Willaerts. (Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam)

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Ancient Indian Ship
This relief depicts an ancient Indian ship likely to have been used by Indian adventurers sailing to Java, Indonesia.
Location: Borobudur temple, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia

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Scandinavian Stone Ship Burial
Early Scandinavian burial mound marked by stones laid out in a ship-pattern - a practice that was common in Scandinavia from the Bronze Age through the Viking Age. This particular one is situated in Anundshög, Västerås, Sweden, and dates...

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Phoenician Ship in a Storm
Artist's rendition of a Phoenician ship at sea during a storm. The Phoenicians were a great maritime people and often adorned their ships with horses' heads to honour Yamm, their god of the sea. Although Yamm could raise the seas to sink...

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Junk Ship
The junk ship Bedar Burong Bahri (1980 CE) built on a design used for centuries in East Asian sailing vessels.

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Greek Trading Ship
Greek trading ship model, 4th century BCE
Barcelona Archaeological Museum

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Votive Ship Bronzetti
Small bronze figurine depticting a ship with a prow decorated with a deer head, found in Sardinia, dating from the Nuragic civilization, Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.
Museo archeologico nazionale di Cagliari.