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A Dutch ship drying sails. This is a near starboard view of a ship with all three courses and mizzen topsail set, and her fore and main topsail and main topgallant loosed on the cap. The drawing is inscribed in the top right corner 1659. The signature i
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Cork penny token. Cork penny token. Obverse: Inscription 'C.C.' on either side of an ornamental knot ending in two roses at the top. Legend: 'A . CORK . PENNY 1659'. Reverse: Port broadside view of a three-masted ship between two castl
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Dover Castle & Towne from ye Landside. Print
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Medal commemorating the fortified town and port of Civitavecchia. Medal commemorating the fortified town and port of Civitavecchia. Obverse: Bust of Pope Alexander VII in cap, low collar and robe (left). Legend: 'ALEXANDER . VII . P . M . PIVS . IVST
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Pascaart van de zee-custen van Angola en Cimbebas van Rivier de Galion tot C. de Bona Esperanca. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch, Spanish and English and French miles
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Paskaart van Guinea van C. Verde tot R. de Galion. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch, Spanish and English and French miles [actually leagues]. Contents Note: Cartouche
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Portrait of the 'Tromp'. Portrait of the ‘Tromp’, 46 guns. She was built in 1655 and last mentioned in 1667. She was also called ‘Multitromp’. She is viewed from the port quarter. On the tafferel are perhaps Tromp’
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Rye. Print
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The stern and lowered staysail of a kaag. Viewed from the port bow, a careful drawing of the stemhead, block and lanyard of forestay, anchor stocks and stowed staysail of a kaag. This is an offset, not rubbed on the back, in heavy black pencil. It was pr
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West Indische paskaert Waer in de graden der breede over weder zyden vande middellyn wassende soo vergroten dat die geproportioneert syn tegen hunne nevenstaende graden der lengde. Single sheet. Engraving, printed on vellum, hand-coloured in outline. The
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[Mediterranean and part of the Black Sea]. Two sheets joined. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum mounted on four hinged boards each 61 x 28.5cm. Scale: [ca. 1:3 300 000 (lat)].
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