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40 South by Ants Lepson

Sea History 184

Autumn 2023

Packet Joshua Bates Sailing from Newburyport 1844. Painting by Roy Cross, 1983, courtesy Roy Cross Fine Art.

Sea History 183

Summer 2023

View from the Citadel Ramparts in Copenhagen by Moonlight, 1839, by Martinus Rørbye. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Sea History 182

Spring 2023

US Revenue Cutter Thomas Jefferson chasing down three Royal Navy boats on 11 April 1813. Painting by Patrick O’Brien, courtesy USCG Art Collection.

Sea History 181

Winter 2022

Classic boats of all eras and sizes underway during the 2019 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez. Photo by Gilles Martin-Raget

Sea History 180

Fall 2022

A Wisconsin Historical Society maritime archaeologist dives on the wreck of the schooner Walter B. Allen, sunk in 1880 off Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Sea History 179

Summer 2022

January Fykes, by Marc Castelli

Sea History 178

Spring 2022

Ships in a Gale

Sea History 177

Winter 2021

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