Wondering about steampunk, but for carpentry and wood based technology. Nautical culture through the Napoleonic wars would be where you start. Maybe one could include Master and Commander or Moby Dick as early examples.

Some fun photos of the Turtle from the American revolution:

A drawing by Cyril Field depicting Ezra Lee abandoning his attempt to attack the HMS Eagle. Illustration in The Story of the Submarine, 1908.

This Turtle replica, built by Handshouse Studio and on display at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., shows how the gunpowder keg may have looked. Photo by Claire D’Mura.

Nic Babarskis @thebigbabooski