Link Love: 4/13/2012

Rafinesque's drawings of tortoises observed along the Ohio River, 1818.

"Titanic at the National Archives -- 100 Years." As the archival repository for the records for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the National Archives at New York City holds records in the admiralty case files related to Titanic, specifically the petition filed by the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, as the owner of Titanic, for limitation of liability. Among the documents are depostions of surviving passengers, blueprints of the ship, claims of loss and photographs. Courtesy of National Archives YouTube Channel.

 

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