A sketch of Crown of Italy made by Second Mate William Wade. This is the ship that wrecked off Cape San Diego, Tierra del Fuego on December 23, 1891, and…
This image was produced to illustrate how enslaved Africans destined for the Americas were crammed into the hold of the slave ship Brookes. It shows 454 people, the maximum allowed…
This sketch appears in Thomas Waters Jr.'s wife Amy’s scrapbook. Though we can’t be certain he drew it, it seems likely. We don’t know what the sketch is of; there…