The Perils of Atlantic Navigation. - The Steamship "Columbia's" Encounter with an Enormous Iceberg off the Newfoundland Banks.

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• PUBLISHER: Published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newsopaper, New York.

• MEDIUM: Wood engraving,

  DATE: Sep. 3, 1887.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 13 5/8 x 8 15/16" (34.7 x 22.7 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: This scene records the steamship Columbia encountering an enormous iceberg off the Newfoundland Banks, one of the most dangerous regions of the North Atlantic. Looming out of fog and ice-filled waters, the berg dwarfed the vessel, forcing sudden evasive maneuvers to avoid catastrophe. Such encounters were a constant threat to 19th-century steam navigation, and images like this underscored the real and immediate dangers faced by ships crossing the Atlantic long before modern ice patrols and radar.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 14 x 22 inch mat for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition with modern hand color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Naval, Nautical & Marine , Shipwrecks