Subject Type: Break-Bulk

Largest ship of the Dutch East India company at the time it was built

A merchant brig, designed by William Webb and built in 1853 in New York. She sailed a triangular trade route between New York, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean.

Tea and wool clipper. Held speed record from Australia to Britain for 10 years.

Traditional viking boat, cargo, and crew

A Chesapeake Bay pungy that served as an oyster boat, freighter, and yacht over her 94 year career.

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One of the last full-rigged schooners to operate on the Great Lakes

The hermaphrodite brig George Latimer was employed in the West Indies sugar trade.

Ship model book author Charles G. Davis served as able-bodied seaman on this vessel.