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NH 71134 Shipboard life

Shipboard life
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Title: Shipboard life
Caption: Ship on left is signaling with flags. Next ship represents one which has turned, with its larboard braces forward and its starboard braces aft. Center vessel shows a ship of war with a part of its sails loosened for drying. Next one represents a vessel sailing on a half-wind. Illustrated on the right is a ship of war with only the main topsail, the mizen sail, and the jib unfurled, while all the rest have been secured. This was known as under short sail.
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Catalog #: NH 71134
Copyright Owner: From Iconographic Encyclopedia (1851) Volume III.
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Original Medium: Illustration, BW Photo
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