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Illustrations of fish and crab from New Guinea
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New Guinea Fish and Crab

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After leaving Australia, Dampier and his men reached the western coast of New Guinea on New Year’s Day 1700. There Dampier observed birds that he had never seen before, like the “stately land-fowl” shown here.
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New Guinea Birds

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Major Stede Bonnet on a ship, shown in an engraved print
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Major Stede Bonnet

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Captain William Kidd
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Captain Kidd on His Ship

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Captain William Kidd at Gardiner's Island
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Captain William Kidd

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Pirates capture the imagination of dreamers of all ages.
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Pirate reflection in mirror

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This ivory sculpture from Point Barrow, Alaska, represents Kikámigo, a guardian spirit, holding a whale in each hand.
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Inupiat Guardian Spirit

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During whale hunts, this carved whale box stored harpoon blades like the three shown beside it.
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Inupiat Harpoon Box

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As these models show, traditional canoes came in a variety of shapes and designs.
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Varieties of Canoes

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In 1874, Reverend Moses Harvey of Newfoundland bought a dead giant squid caught by fishermen.
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Rev. Harvey Buys a Giant Squid

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This illustration shows whalers of the early 1800s with their highly profitable catch.
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Whalers in the early 1800s

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Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank
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The Evolution of a Reef Aquarium

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