Historical ships

A sailboat on the <n>Tyrrhenian Sea</n>. Photo by <n>Tim Damas</n>.

The <n>Kyrenia II</n>, a reconstructed ancient ship, during its sea trials.

The <n>Illa-Tiki</n> raft on the open sea, 1997. From <n>John Haslett</n>'s <n>Voyage of the Manteño</n> expedition.

The <n>Thomas W. Lawson</n>, a seven-masted schooner launched in 1902. Photo by <n>Detroit Publishing Co.</n>

Photograph by <n>Artur Pastor</n> in Nazaré, Portugal, 1958.

China, 1982. Photo by <n>Mike Edwards</n> for <n>National Geographic</n>.

<n>Arab sails</n> in the Suez Canal, 1959. Photo by <n>Alfred Eisenstaedt</n> for <n>The LIFE Picture Collection</n>.

Photograph from <n>Folco Quilici</n>'s documentary <n>Oceano</n>, taken in Polynesia in 1978.