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. Hunting sword, with a silver knuckle-bow hilt, which is swollen and fretted at its mid-point to depict a scene of two hounds and a stag, all foliated, near the pommel depicting a spray of foliage. The short up-turned quillon has a fretted disc terminal
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. This is a rare example of an astrolabe that has been printed on paper, cut out, and mounted on a board. Other surviving examples are mostly French or German and are from the 16th century. This instrument is a 'complete' astrolabe, incorporatin
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A chart of the sea coast from England to the Streights. Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale [circa 1:3,000,000]. North is at 270 degrees. The border is graduated for latitude only. Rhumb lines are shown. The scale is in English and French leagues
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A new and correct sea chart of the whole world shewing the variations of the compass as they were found in the year M.D.CC.. 1 chart on 2 sheets. Hand coloured engraving, on modern backing sheets. Scale: [circa 1:35,000,000]. Mercator projection chart wi
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A new and correct sea chart of the whole world shewing the variations of the compass as they were found in the year M.D.CC.. 1 chart on 2 sheets. Hand coloured engraving, on modern backing sheets. Scale: [circa 1:35,000,000]. Mercator projection chart wi
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A new chart of the Channel between England and France. Single sheet. Engraving coloured in outline. Scale [circa 1:1,100,000 (bar)]. The bar scale is in English & French leagues. he border is graduated for latitude and the chart has rhumb lines. Sound
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A small pink close hauled in a strong breeze off a rocky shore. Vitringa was a lawyer and possibly a poet, as well as being an artist (his brother was a leading Dutch theologian). As he was born and spent his early life in Friesland in the remote north of
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Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, 1650-1707. Full-length portrait of Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Admiral of the Fleet, leaning to the right and facing slightly to the left, wearing three-quarter length armour and a full-bottomed wig. He is leaning on a cannon w
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Amsterdam, een doorluchtige Koopstad in Holland, van het y te zien. Technique includes etching.
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Batavia gelegen op het eiland Java, een beroemde volkplanting der Bataveren. Print.
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Brandenburg, een schoone stad in Pruissen. Print
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Commemorative medalet. Commemorative medalet. A touch piece. Obverse: Ship sailing (left), before the wind. Legend: 'ANNA . D : G . M . BR . F : ET . H . REG.' Reverse: St Michael and the Dragon. Legend: 'SOLI . DEO . GLORIA.' (To God
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Counter commemorating the Anglo-Dutch-Austrian coalition. Counter commemorating the Anglo-Dutch-Austrian coalition. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737) in a long wig, low collar, armour and mantle (right). L
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Counter commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Counter commemorating the expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Queen Anne draped (left), hair bound with fillet, lovelock on right shoulder, gown fastened with a brooch. Legend: 'ANNA
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Counter commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Counter commemorating the expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Queen Anne draped (left), hair bound with fillet, lovelock on right shoulder, gown fastened with a brooch. Legend: 'ANNA
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De fo vermaerde Kerk van S: Paul tot London. This Dutch print depicts the medieval church that was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. Work began on the structure in the late 11th century. It was finished in 1240 but enlargement work began less than 20 y
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Gezicht van Messina de Hooststat van Sicilie. Print
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Gloriam Sumas Partiti Simul et Praedam. Classica Expeditio Ab Ang Batavis que facta Vigo Anno 1702. Print
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Havana un vermaerde haven in't Noordeer Amerika, op't eilant Kuba. Technique includes etching.
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Het Kasteel Del Mina, gelegen in Guinea, niet verre van den withoek, Kab de Tres puntas. Technique includes etching.
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Londen aen de Theems een seer vermaerde Koopstadt van de gantsche werelt en des Konings Residenzie Plaats. Print
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Medal commemorating Prince George of Denmark, High Admiral (1653-1708). Medal commemorating Prince George of Denmark, High Admiral (1653-1708). Obverse: Bust of Queen Anne in low dress and necklace, hair with fillet (left). Legend: 'ANNA . D : G :
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Medal commemorating the capture of Schlüsselburg, 1702. Medal commemorating the capture of Schlüsselburg, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Czar Peter I, laureate, in armour and cloak (right). Legend: 'PETRVS . ALEXII . FIL . D . G . RVSS . IMP . M .
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Medal commemorating the capture of Schlüsselburg, 1702. Medal commemorating the capture of Schlüsselburg, 1702. Obverse: Youthful bust of Czar Peter I with short curly hair, in armour (right). Legend in Russian. Reverse: The bombardment of the f
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Medal commemorating the capture of Schlüsselburg, 1702. Medal commemorating the capture of Schlüsselburg, 1702. Obverse: Youthful bust of Czar Peter I, laureate, in armour (right). Legend in Russian (Tsar Peter Alexejevich ruler of Russia). Reve
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Medal commemorating the Duke of Saxony wrecked near Stockholm, 1702. Medal commemorating the Duke of Saxony wrecked near Stockholm, 1702. Obverse: The Duke's bust (right), long curls and wearing armour. Legend: 'IOH : WILHELM . DVX . SAX . I .
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Medal commemorating the Dutch East India Company centenary, 1702. Medal commemorating the Dutch East India Company Centenary, 1702. Obverse: A woman crowned, seated, a wreathed sword in her right hand, her left arm resting on a pedestal, the arms of Holl
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Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: A rostral column, with two captives chained to its base inscribed, surmounted by Victory. Inscribed on column: 'ANNO LIBERTATIS TRIUM
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Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Medal commemorating the expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: A rostral column, with two captives chained to its base inscribed, surmounted by Victory; in the distance the English fleet burning French
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Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Medal commemorating the expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Anne (left), crowned, lovelock on left shoulder, gown fastened with a brooch. Legend: 'ANNA . DEI . GRA : MAG : BR : FRA : E
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Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Medal commemorating the expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Anne (left), crowned, lovelock on left shoulder, gown fastened with a brooch. Legend: 'ANNA . DEI . GRA : MAG : BR : FRA : ET
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Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Medal commemorating the expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Queen Anne crowned in a low dress (left), fastened with brooch at the front. Legend: 'ANNA . D . G . M . BRIT . FRAN . ET .
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Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Queen Anne draped (left). Legend: 'ANNA . DG . MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REGINA'. Reverse: Hercules with his foot on th
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Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Queen Anne draped (left). Legend: 'ANNA . DG . MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REGINA'. Reverse: The fleet attacking forts an
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Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Medal commemorating the expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: Neptune (right), his trident in his left hand, seated in his sea chariot drawn by horses, supported by three nereids, holding the shields
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Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Medal commemorating the expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: Winged Victory crowning a trophy of arms and merchandise with a naval crown and branches of palm and laurel. Around are implements of war
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Medal commemorating the storming of Schlusselburg, 1702. Medal commemorating the storming of Schlusselburg, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Czar Peter I with long hair, laureate, in armour and cloak (right). Legend in Russian. Reverse: The storming of the fortress
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Medal commemorating the voyage to Naples of Philip V of Spain, 1702. Medal commemorating the voyage to Naples of Philip V of Spain, 1702. Obverse: Bust of King Philip V, draped, in long curls; fur-lined mantle, showing bare neck. Below (illegible). Lege
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Neutral but prepared. Commemorative counter. Obverse: St Mark seated (left), handing the sacred flag to the Doge kneeling (right). Legend: 'S . M . V . ALOYSIVS . MOCENICO . D .' Exergue: 'ANN . III . 1702.' Reverse: The lion of Venice
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Pernambuco, een stadt in Zuidamerika, in het Oosterdeel van Brasilie, by de rivier Bebearibe, of Biberibi. Technique includes etching.
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S. Salvador een sterke stad in Brasilie, in de inwyls van den zeeboezem Bajos todos los santos. Technique includes etching.
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Shilling. Vigo shilling. Obverse: Bust of Queen Anne in low dress (left), hair tied with fillet, gown fastened with brooch in front. Legend: 'ANNA . DEI . GRATIA .' Exergue: 'VIGO .' Reverse: The crowned arms of England, Scotland, Fra
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Tanger, een oude stadt in het Koningryk van Fez, aen de straet van Gibraltar, nu geheel verdelgt. Print
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The siege of Colombo under the command of General Gerard Hulst. Vol 3. Page 762.; Plate 22.
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Venetie, gelegen in de Hadriatische zee, in verscheide eilanden asgedeelt. Print
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The action at Vigo from the westward 12 [OS]/23 October 1702. A remarkably fluent and economical drawing of the action at Vigo Bay that took place in the opening year of the War of the Spanish Succession. Admiral George Rooke, in command of a large Anglo-
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