In filming his interpretation of the Amistad Incident of 1839, Steven Spielberg used two ships to stand in for long-shots of La Amistad. These include Pride of Baltimore II (when filming on the East Coast) and Californian (when filming on the West Coast). Spielberg also used the "blubber room" of the Mystic Seaport whale ship, Charles W. Morgan, to portray the hold of Amistad.