Antique Maritime - New York City - Spanish ship Pedro – Historic Reproduction
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A window into the past: Antique Maritime - New York City - Spanish ship Pedro, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Antique Maritime - New York City - Spanish ship Pedro
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A Spanish vessel called the *Pedro* is the subject here, shown in the waters of New York City, a harbor that drew merchant and naval ships from across the Atlantic and the Caribbean through the 1800s. The record does not give a date or the purpose of this particular voyage, so the picture is best read as a window onto the working port: sailing ships of this kind carried cargo, passengers and news, and their arrival stirred interest among the city's dockworkers, merchants and onlookers. Prints of ships like this one were often made for sailors, shipowners and collectors of maritime views, so the vessel's rigging and hull are worth examining closely for clues to its build and era.
| Subjects | Historic Print Archive |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 3,282 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-179964 |
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