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Submarine from "The Book of the Ocean ... Illustrated"
Summary
This image has been taken from scan 000168 from "The Book of the Ocean ... Illustrated". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr photostream.
Beginning in ancient times, humans sought to operate under the water. The legendary origins of the submarine stretch back to 332 BC with a tale about Alexander the Great being lowered into the sea in a glass barrel to study fish. The submarine concept was thereafter consigned to the backwaters of history for some 1,800 years. This collection presents various submarines: from small and simple to nuclear-powered underwater behemoths.
Date
1898
Source
British Library
Copyright info
Public Domain
