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Close-up of a 17th century painting shows how whales were brought ashore for processing and their blubber rendered into marketable oil.
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Basque Whalers

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Yankee Whalers: An 1856 Currier & Ives print shows whalers harpooning a right whale.
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The “Right” Whale to Hunt

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an older woman with short white hair smiles while sitting by a microscope
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Pettibone at the Scope

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Blackbeard the Pirate engraving
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Blackbeard the Pirate

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Map of South America highlighting Juan Fernandez Island off of the west coast, near Chile
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Map of Juan Fernandez Island

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Illustration of a giant squid versus a merman.
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Mermen? Sea Monks? Or Giant Squid?

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This is the cover of the book Dampier wrote about his first trip around the world.
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Book Cover for Dampier's Account of his First Trip Around the World

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This watercolor painting shows William Dampier venturing into the unknown aboard a pirate ship.
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Dampier on the High Seas

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A sea monster attacks a wooden ship
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Sea Monsters of an Early Atlas

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Unloading the Day’s Catch in Senegal
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Unloading the Day’s Catch

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King Manuel of Portugal rides a sea creature
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Political Props

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Pirates Ann Bonny and Mary Read. After their capture, they were granted stays of execution because of their conditions.
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Bonny and Read in Jamaica

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