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Turtle (also called American Turtle), the world's first submersible vessel, showing the elevation, top, and the cross section, bottom. Constructed in 1775 by American David Bushnell as a means of attaching explosive charges to ships in a harbor, it was used during the American Revolutionary War. From Bibliotheque Des Merveilles, published 1888.
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Turtle (also called American Turtle), the world's first submersible vessel, showing the elevation, top, and the cross section, bottom. Constructed in 1775 by American David Bushnell as a means of attaching explosive charges to ships in a harbor, it was used during the American Revolutionary War. From Bibliotheque Des Merveilles, published 1888.
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Album / Ken Welsh/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group
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Image size:
3422 x 5315 px | 52.0 MB
Print size:
29.0 x 45.0 cm | 11.4 x 17.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
17TH CENTURY • 17TH • 18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • 1ST EARL OF EGMONT • ANGLO-IRISH • ARCHIVAL • ARCHIVE • ARCHIVES • EIRE • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • IRELAND • IRISH • JOHN SMITH • LORD PERCEVAL, THE • OLD • PERCIVALE • POLICY • POLITIC • POLITICA • POLITICAL • POLITICIAN • POLITICO • POLITICS • SIR JOHN PERCEVAL • STATESMAN • UNSPECIFIED • VISCOUNT PERCEVAL, THE • XVII CENTURY
