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A Dutch Flagship with a Yacht Under Her Stern. On the left of the picture, a small yacht is firing a salute as a mark of respect to the flagship in the left centre to the picture. Figures in the stern of the ship repay the gesture by waving their hats, an
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A map of ye north east and north west parts of the Pole. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:1 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Polar projection. From An account of several late voyages and discoveries, 1694.
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An Astronomer with Astrolabe and a Telescope. A print after a French 13th century manuscript (now in the Bodelian Library, Oxford). Despite the title given, the man is actually holding a sighting tube rather than a telescope. By the 4th century BC, sighti
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An English Merchant Ship in a Mediterranean Harbour in a Light Breeze with Many Other Vessels. A scene of a busy Mediterranean harbour showing shipping at anchor. The profile of a town has been positioned horizontally in the distance, compositionally divi
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Carte nouvelle de la mer Mediterranee ou sont exactement remarques tous les ports, golfes, rochers, bancs de sable &c: a l'usage des armees du Roy de la Grande Bretagne. Dresse sur les memoires les plus nouveaux par le Sr Romain de Hooge.. Single
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Counter commemorating Louis A. de Bourbon, Duc du Maine (born 1670), Grandmaster of Artillery. Counter commemorating Louis A. de Bourbon, Duc du Maine (born 1670), Grandmaster of Artillery. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de
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Counter commemorating Louis A. de Bourbon, Duc du Maine, Grandmaster of Artillery. Counter commemorating Louis A. de Bourbon, Duc du Maine (born 1670), Grandmaster of Artillery, elder brother of the Comte de Toulouse. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Louis Alexa
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Counter commemorating success in Spain. Counter commemorating success in Spain. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737) as a youth with long hair, in armour and cravat (right). Legend: 'L . ALEX . DE . BOVRB
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Kaags close to the shore in a busy scene near Den Helder. Painting.
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Medal commemorating Admiral Jean Bart recapturing the corn fleet, 1694. Medal commemorating Admiral Jean Bart recapturing the corn fleet, 1694. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRITIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Th
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Medal commemorating the bombardment of Havre, 1694. Medal commemorating the bombardment of Havre, 1694. Obverse: Bust of King William III laureate, in a wig and mantle (right). Legend: 'INVICTISSIMVS GUILLELMVS MAG'. Reverse: A brazen bull stand
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Medal commemorating the bombardment of the French coast, 1694. Medal commemorating the bombardment of the French coast, 1694. Obverse: King William III, laureate, standing dressed as a Roman general, a fulmen in his right hand. Legend: 'IOVI TONANTI.
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Medal commemorating the capture of Palamos, 1694. Medal commemorating the capture of Palamos, 1694. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: A female
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Medal commemorating the Expedition to Brest, 1694. Medal commemorating the expedition to Brest, 1694. Obverse: Bust of King Louis XIV in a full wig, laureate (right), in low cut armour with Medusa's head on the breast. Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . MAGNV
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Medal commemorating the Expedition to Brest, 1694. Medal commemorating the expedition to Brest, 1694. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV, (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: The goddess Pallas Athene with a spear and
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