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Three hundred year old pen and ink drawing of a "strange and large" bat.
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New Guinea Bat

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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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Elders bless a new canoe with lighted sage, song, and traditional dances.
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Blessing a New Canoe

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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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As soon as Dampier set foot in Australia, he began making observations and collecting specimens of plants, which he carefully pressed between the pages of books to be studied by the “ingenious” and “curious” upon his return to England. As Dampier conducted his investigations, his artist made detailed sketches like these.
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Discoveries in Australia and New Guinea

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A fisherman in Papua New Guinea shows his catch for a ceremonial feast. Communities there are successfully managing their local reefs by observing temporary fishing closures that end in time to celebrate the traditional feast.
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Celebratory Harvest in Papua New Guinea

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a Māori woman in a navy blue fleece holds the skull of a beaked whale
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Tohunga Tohorā’s Intuition Reveals New Whale Species

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a blue negative of algae
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No Longer Anonymous: Anna Atkins and her Algae

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a black and white photo of a woman holding a glass award
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Dr. Marian Pettibone, A Woman of Firsts

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Dampier explored this area of Western Australia and named it Shark Bay because of the "abundance" of sharks in the waters. It is now a World Heritage site.
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Around the World Again...and Again

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The "Lower Invertebrates" exhibit in Smithsonian Institution Building in 1901 included models of a giant squid and an octopus.
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Still Blue After a Century of Ocean Science and Exploration

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Two of the 38th Voyagers sing on board the Charles W. Morgan as it travels to ports throughout New England.
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Singing Shanties on the Charles W. Morgan

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