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A Dutch Yacht beating out of a harbour off Kampsen. This meticulous wash drawing, tinted with watercolour, is signed and dated 1699. It shows a Dutch States yacht in the foreground with a Dutch merchant ship beyond. In the background on the right is the p
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A prospect of Greenwich Hospital for Seamen as designed and Advancing An. MDCXCIX.. This aerial perspective is almost entirely based on conceptual plans since at the time it was printed, only the main range of the King Charles Court (lower right) was stan
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Celestial instruction globe. Celestial instruction globe. Astronomcial details on the sphere are rather unusual, as all the constellations have been renamed. The classical constellations are still marked on the globe, but new Heraldic constellations, desi
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Counter commemorating the cruise of Beauchesne to the coasts of Chile and Peru for trade purposes. Counter commemorating the cruise of Beauchesne to the coasts of Chile and Peru for trade purposes. Obverse: Youthful bust of Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bour
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The harbour of Anzio. A scudo. Obverse: Bust of Pope Innocent XII, in a cap, low collar and embroidered cope (right). Legend: 'INNOCEN . XII . PONT . M . A . VIII'. Reverse: View of the harbour with shipping. Legend: 'VENTI . ET . MARE . OB
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The island of Onrust. Views of Onrust, off the coast at Batavia, are not very common. Batavia, now Jakarta, was the capital of the Dutch East Indies and needed an infrastructure such as shipyards, warehouses and workmen's quarters. Although no new sh
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