This Wikipedia entry provides information on ship harbors while clarifying the difference between harbors and ports. Topics include both natural and artificial harbors. Gives links to places that are examples of different types of harbors.

This is a map that shows the trade routes, principal ports, goods being traded, and the areas possessed by the British and the Spanish.

A map of Great Britain in 1916, showing the primary coal fields, centers of iron industry, ports, industrial centers, and steamship routes with distances between major ports shown.

An image of "Port Scene with the Villa Medici", created by Claude Lorrain in 1637 (Oil on canvas, 102 x 133 cm).

An image of "Port Scene with the Embarkation of St Ursula", created by Claude Lorrain in 1641 (Oil on canvas, 113 x 149 cm).

An image of "Port Scene with the Departure of Ulysses from the Land of the Feaci", created by Claude Lorrain in 1646 (Oil on canvas, 119 x 150 cm).

An image of "Porte Saint-Denis", created by Gabriel Perelle in 1675 (Pen and India ink).

An image of "Costumes of the inhabitants of Port des Francais in Lituya Bay", created by Gaspard Duche De Vancy in 1786 (Drawing).

An image of "The Wash House at Port Marly", created by Camille Pissarro in 1872 (Oil on canvas, 46 x 56 cm).

An image of "Promenade in the Parc des Lions at Port-Marly", created by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot in 1872 (Oil on canvas, 78 x 65 cm).

An image of "Flood at Port-Marly", created by Alfred Sisley in 1876 (Oil on canvas, 60 x 81 cm).

An image of "Flood at Port-Marly", created by Alfred Sisley in 1876 (Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm).

An image of "Boulevard de Port-Royal in Paris", created by Johan Barthold Jongkind in 1877 (Oil on canvas, 42 x 67 cm).

An image of "The "Pyramides" at Port-Coton", created by Claude Monet in 1886 (Oil on canvas, 63 x 81 cm).

An image of "Port-en-Bessin", created by Georges Seurat in 1888 (Oil on canvas, 66 x 83 cm).

An image of "Port-en-Bessin, The Outer Harbour at High Tide", created by Georges Seurat in 1888 (Oil on canvas, 67 x 82 cm).

An image of "The Port of Saint-Tropez", created by Paul Signac in 1898 (Oil on canvas).

An image of "The Port of Rotterdam", created by Maximilien Luce in 1900 (Oil on canvas, 74 x 100 cm).

An image of "Port-Blanc in Brittany", created by Marc Aurele De Foy Suzor-Cote in 1906 (Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm).

An image of "View of the Fortifications to the Left of the Porte de Vanves", created by Henri Rousseau in 1909 (Oil on canvas, 31 x 41 cm).

An image of "View of a River Port", created by Luca Carlevaris from 1710-12 (Oil on canvas, 105 x 166 cm).

An image of "Capriccio of a Port Scene with a Classical Arch", created by Antonio Stom during the 1720's (Oil on canvas, 45 x 70 cm).

An image of "View of a Port", created by Paul Bril, c. 1607 (Oil on canvas).

An image of "Idealised View with Roman Ruins, Sculptures, and a Port", created by Bartholomeus Breenbergh, c. 1650 (Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm).