Man is a curious animal. The instinct that urges to sniff around the corner to spot in time a possible predator has pushed him far beyond the horizon, at great risk and costs, for the sheer pleasure of knowing what he would find there. Often in order to gather the necessary money (ships, crew and supplies never came cheap) he had to produce good commercial reasons for those crazy enterprises but in most cases they were mere excuses, the primary motor was curiosity – the same curiosity that a few decades ago brought us to the moon. Here you’ll find illustrated some of the fantastic tales he told when (if ever) he came back.
Roman antiquity racing chariot used for sport, transportation, and ceremonies
Typography: page representing different kind of lighthouses, beacons and lens details
Illustration for an adventure novel describing hunting and canoeing in the wilderness
Carrack ships of the Spanish expedition commanded by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand…
Ship on railtrack, land transport to Eilblag canal or Upland Canal built…
The Pilatus Railway is the steepest rack railway in the world, with…
Vintage engraving, travellers at the post station waiting for the coach in…
Portrait of Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) Portuguese explorer. He…
Turkish galley ship with long, slender hull and shallow draft propelled by…
Portugese ship of the 15th century named carrack:three- or four-masted ocean-going sailing…
Vintage illustration of the efforts to rescue a ship at the mercy…
Karl Drais Laufmaschine (running machine) from 1817 and the Michaux velocipede form…
France, the fortified harbor of La Rochelle with the Vauclair castle on…
Typographic frontispiece for a chapter about ship and shipyards with a vignette…
Vintage humor and fun: summer vacation on the sea at Lucca,Italian riviera:…
Salzburg protestants emigrate to Prussia after their expulsion by the prince-archbishop in…
Ancient map of Scandinavian Peninsula with the Nordic countries Norway and Sweden…
Scania market in middle ages Sweden,major important goods distribution center and fish…
Mount Damavand Persian volcano and the highest peak in the Middle East…
Postal service: post depot and drop off place at Booby island Australia,…
Vehicles and transport history from the antiquity: by hand, carriage, rickshaw, palanquin,…
English ironclad Victoria biggest marine monster on 1887, propelled by engines of…
People visiting the town of Hornhausen in Saxony-Anhalt district to partake of…
Vintage illustration of the Eddystone Lighthouse during a storm, built on the…
Locust Point peninsular neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, the third largest point of…
Christopher Columbus at Palos harbour (Cartagena) – possible…
Table describing the Italian names of the specific sails of a three…
Sweden – Trollhaette Canal open sluice, the canal connects Baltic Sea and…
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