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Macassar 10 June 1660. Text in German on reverse.; Technique includes engraving.
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't Ooster deel van Oost Indien, streckende van Ceylon tot Japan en Hollandia Nova.. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Cartographic Note: Equator graduated for longitude and contains a latitude scale. Plane chart. Bar scales in Dutch, Spanish and French and
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. Diptych dial for latitude 51° North. This dial has two leaves that fold flat when not in use. Leaf Ia contains an equinoctial dial with a projection of solar declination lines. Leaf Ib carries the Southern half of the equinoctial dial and the vertic
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. Eyepiece cap that is made of wood and covered in brown leather. The round cap has a gold dot pattern around the side and the end has a gold motif.
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. Objective lens cap that is made of wood and covered in brown leather. The round cap has a gold dot pattern around the side and the end has gold flourishes and an inscription.
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A touch piece. Commemorative medalet. A touch piece. Obverse: Ship in full sail (left). Legend: 'CAR . II . D . G . M . B . FR . ET . HI . REX.' Reverse: St Michael and the Dragon. Legend: 'SOLI . DEO . GLORIA.' (To God alone the glor
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Admiral George Monck, Duke of Albemarle, 1608-1670. Text in Latin below image.
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Dutch shipping. Oil painting, signed 'AV Veen fecit' on the leeboard of the boyuer or similar vessel centre right.
1661
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Pas-caert van Texel tot aen de Hoofden. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for latitude. Scales in Dutch, Spanish and English and French miles [actually leagues]. Additional Places: North Sea, Thames estuary, Netherlands. Bo
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Pas-caerte van Groenland Ysland, Straet Davids en Ian Mayen eyland; hoemen de selvige van Hitland en de noord kusten van van Schotlandt en Yrlandt bezeylen mach 't Amsterdam by Iohannes van Loon plaet-snyder en zee caert maker. Single sheet. Hand col
1661
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Pascaart vertoonende de zeecusten van Chile, Peru, Hispania Nova, Nova Granada, en California. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Border graduated for latitude. Bar scale in Dutch miles only. Additional Places: Pacific Am
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Pascaerte vande Caribische eylanden, vande Barbados tot aende Bocht van Mexico. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch, Spanish and French and English miles [actually leagues]. Additional Places:
1661
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Paskaarte van't zuydelyskste deel van America van Cabo St Antonio, tot Caep de Hoorn. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch, Spanish and French and English miles [actually leagues]. Additio
1661
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Portrait of the ‘Geloof’, built in 1661 and last mentioned in 1674.. The ‘Geloof’, viewed from the port bow and showing the lower masts, the courses furled and the yards a-cockbill, and the topsails stowed. Bowsprit and sprit top a
1661
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Telescope. This Galilean telescope has the name 'IACOB CUNIGHAM' and the date '1661' stamped onto the objective lens cap, making it one of the oldest dated telescopes in Britain. The two draw tubes are made of wood covered in marbled
1661
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Coin pattern commemorating the dominion of the sea. Coin pattern commemorating the dominion of the sea. Obverse: rose, thistle, fleur-de-lis and harp, each crowned, and placed in the form of a cross. Legend: 'CAROLVS . A . CAROLO'. Reverse: Port
1662
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Medal commemorating Admiral Cardinal Medici. Medal commemorating Admiral Cardinal Medici. Obverse: Bust of Cardinal Medici with long hair, in a robe (left). Legend: 'IO . CAROLVS . DE . AETRVRIA S . R . E . CARD . MEDICES'. Reverse: A galley, wi
1662
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Medal commemorating disputes with Holland. Medal commemorating disputes with Holland. Obverse: Bust of King Charles II in a long wig, lace collar and armour (three quarter right). Legend: 'CAROLVS . II . D . G . MAG . BRIT . FRAN . ET . HIB . REX . A
1662
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Medal commemorating the cession of Dunkirk. Medal commemorating the cession of Dunkirk. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Dunkirk kneeling (ri
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Medal commemorating the commercial treaties between Holland, France and England. Medal commemorating the commercial treaties between Holland, France and England, 1662. Obverse: Mars prostrate beneath the feet of Peace, who holds an olive branch in her rig
1662
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The publique proceeding of the Queenes Matie of Greate Britaine through ye Citty of Lisbone ye 20th day of Aprill 1662 (Catherine of Braganza). The second of a series of 7 prints [PAH4098-PAH4104] showing the progress of the Infanta Catherine of Braganza
1662
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Abbildung wie die Konigin von Gross Britanien zu Portsmouth an gelangt ist den 25 May Anno 1662 [The Queen of Great Britain arriving in Portsmouth 25 May 1662] / Abbildung wie die Statt London den Konig und Konigin von Hampton Court kommendt nacher Whitha
1662
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Brass token. Brass token. Obverse: Port broadside view of a three-masted ship under sail. Legend: 'IOHN HAYWARD'. Reverse: Inscribed 'I.H.' on either side of a spray of three roses. Legend: 'IN LAVINGTON 1663'.
1663
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Middel-landtsche Zee nieuwlix uytgegeven. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:5 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 007 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, English and French miles [actually leagues]. Addit
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Nova delineatio totius orbis terrarum. Bound sheet. Engr. Double hemisphere. Additional Places: world. Contents Note: A landmass labelled 'Terra Australis Incognita' is sketched further south than the then known parts of the Australian coast. Ca
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Oost Indien van Cabo de Bona Esperanca tot Ceilon. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:14 500 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Border graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, English and French miles [actually league
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Oosterdeel van Oost Indien. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Border graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, English and French miles [actually leagues]. Additional Places: SE Asia, Australia. Co
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Pascaarte van Nieu Nederlandt. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:2 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Border graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch miles and English and French miles [actually leagues]. Additional Places: Chesapeake, Cape Cod. A chart
1663
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The presentation medal to Admiral Michel Adrianzoon de Ruyter (1607-1676. Presentation medal to Admiral Michel Adrianzoon de Ruyter (1607-1676). Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII
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Zuyder deel van America. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:13 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Border graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, English and French miles [actually leagues]. Additional Places: South America. Contents N
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Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1663-1733, 1st Viscount Torrington. A full-length portrait of Admiral George Byng, Viscount Torrington, facing to the right and towards the viewer. He is wearing viscount's robes and a shoulder-length grey full-botto
1734
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. Wheellock rifle. The stock is dark brown wood, slightly decorated with inset ivory or bone panels. The butt is shaped to be fired from the cheek and is minimally decorated as far forward as the underside of the breech with a stippled chevron ornament.
1664
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?The Dutch fleet lying near Hellevoetsluis, Autumn 1664. In this unsigned drawing by the Elder the fleet is depicted lying close in to the shore at Hellevoetsluis on the coast of southern Holland. In the left middle distance is the rear admiral of the cen
1664
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A fore-part of a galley with ships on the right. Plate No.8.; Stored in mount with PAD7181.
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A galjoot underway and Dutch ships at anchor off Goeree, 1664. This is a pencil and wash drawing by the Elder. On the right is a starboard quarter view of a galjoot before the wind with her mainsail half set and beyond is a stern view of a ship at anchor.
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Departure of the Admiralty deputies from the Dutch fleet, October [OS]/November 1664. One of a series of drawings made in autumn 1664 when Van de Velde was attached to the Dutch fleet. On the threat of war with England a large fleet was assembled under Li
1664
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Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, 1607-76, Lieutenant-Admiral-General of the United Provinces. A three-quarter-length portrait to right in a black velvet coat with silver buttons. Over his coat he wears a wide, plain collar, a dark cloth baldric and a gold
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Tanger. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Thirteen irregular sheets, joined and folded. Scale: [ca. 1:1 200 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 200 degrees. Soundings marked in the mole. Scale in feet. Additional Plac
1664
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The 'Eendracht' with the 'Zeven Provincien' and Other Dutch Men-of-War. In this depiction of Dutch men-of-war, the Dutch Admiral de Ruyter's flagship, the 'Zeven Provincien', can be seen on the right. She bears on her st
1664
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The Dutch Fleet getting under way near Hellevoetsluis? October-November 1664. In the right foreground, across the right half of this narrow horizontal drawing is the shore and a pier, probably on the coast of Holland near Hellevoetsluis. The fleet is show
1664
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The Dutch Fleet off the coast of Holland November 1664. The Dutch fleet off the coast of Holland, November 1664. On the threat of war with England, the Dutch assembled a large fleet under L.-Admiral J. Van Wassenaer (Obdam) to protect the merchant ships b
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Three small galleys attacking a large galley. Print
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Token depicting a sailing ship. Token depicting a sailing ship. Obverse: Port broadside view of a full-rigged ship under sail. Legend: 'THOMAS . HIDE'. Reverse: inscribed 'T.H', a rose above and below. Legend: 'IN . WAYMOVTH . 166
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Visit of the Admirality deputies to the Dutch fleet, October - November 1664. Drawing.
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[Atlantic Ocean, Britain and Ireland,France and North Spain]. Single sheet. Hand coloured manuscript drawn on vellum, mounted on two hinged oak boards, each 77 x 30cm. The scale is in English leagues. The border is graduated for latitude. Soundings are sh
1664
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Sir George Walton, 1664/5-1739. While commanding the ‘Carcass’, 1701–02, Walton went to the West Indies with a squadron under Vice-Admiral John Benbow, who in March 1702 appointed him to the ‘Ruby’. She was one of the squadro
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Van de Velde joining the Dutch Fleet 27 August-6 September 1664. In foreground to the right of the centre is a starboard quarter view of van de Velde’s galjoot shown running down towards the fleet which is getting under way in the background. On the
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Van de Velde joining the Dutch Fleet, 27 August [OS] / 6 September 1664. Van de Velde joining the Dutch Fleet, 27 August [OS]/ 6 September 1664. On the threat of war with England, the Dutch assembled a large fleet under L.-Admiral J. Van Wassenaer ('
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Dutch Fleet off The Coast of Holland, November 1664. Dutch Fleet off The Coast of Holland, November 1664. This belongs to a group of drawings identified by their subjects and watermarks as belonging to the time when van de Velde the Elder was with the Dut
November 1664
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. Walnut chair with a cane seat and back. H stretcher, carved with a scallop shell and foliage on the top rail and front stretcher and with foliage alone on the sides of the back. Numbered 10 on a brass plaque.
1665
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A council-of-war in the Dutch fleet, August 1665?. This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing, by the Elder, of the Dutch fleet under easy sail in a seaway. In the centre middle distance is a starboard quarter view of the commander-in-chief, probably De
1665
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A Dutch squadron at anchor. A distant view showing ships with pendants at the fore, and a smalschip before a light breeze in the right middle distance. A coastline is pictured beyond the ships. This is a pencil and wash drawing by the Younger, signed &ls
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A Flute in the Trough of a sea and a ship scudding. Print
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A Flute in the Trough of a sea and a ship scudding. Print
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A flute in the trough of a sea and a ship scudding. Technique includes engraving.
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A galley & ships in a heavy sea. Print
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A galley & ships in a heavy sea. Print
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A ship scudding in a gale. Print
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A smack close-hauled in a strong breeze. Print
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A tochschuit pushing off from the shore. A stern view of a tochtschuit near a pier pushing off bow first under sail. Two pinks are lying at the end of the pier. The drawing is inscribed on the back ‘den 20 meij 1665’. This drawing is distingu
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Coin commemorating the dominion of the sea. A pattern for a halfpenny commemorating the dominion of the sea. Obverse: Bust of Charles II (left), laureate, in armour. Legend: 'CAROLVS . A . CAROLO' (Charles of Charles, i.e., son of Charles). Reve
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De Liefde lying near Hjelte fiord September 1665. This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Elder of a distant view looking into a fiord. On the right is De Liefde in the ‘Groot Hollandia’ (liefde groot hollat), Gotskens in the &lsquo
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Flagmen of Lowestoft: Admiral Sir Thomas Allin. A three-quarter-length portrait to left in a brown silk coat. His left hand rests on his sword, which hangs on a heavy gold embroidered baldric and his right hand points towards ships in action on the left.
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Makou. Macao in 1655. A print showing ships off the coast of Macao from Joan Nieuhof's 'Het Gezantschap Der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie' (1665).
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Bergen, 1665. Medal commemorating the Battle of Bergen, 1665. Obverse: Naval action in the harbour, in the foreground houses palisaded and people witnessing the fight. Reverse: Inscription, 'Op de roof zugt van Carel
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft and the death of Admiral Kortenaar, 1665. Medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft and the death of Admiral Egbert Meeuwszoon Kortenaer, 1665. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Kortenaer in a leather coat, decorated b
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Medal commemorating the battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Medal commemorating the battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Obverse: Bust of the Duke of York (James II) in armour and mantle (right). Legend: 'IACOBVS . DVX . EBOR . ET . ALBAN . FRATER . AVGVSTISS . CAROLI
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Obverse: Bust of the Duke of York (James II) in armour and mantle (right). Legend: 'IACOBVS . DVX . EBOR . ET . ALBAN . FRATER . AVGVSTISS . CAROLI
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Obverse: Bust of the Duke of York (James II) in long wig, armour and mantle (right). Legend: 'IACOBVS . DVX . EBOR . ET . ALBAN . DOM . MAGN . ADMIR
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Medal commemorating the dominion of the sea. Medal affirming Charles's claims to dominion of the sea. Obverse: Bust of King Charles II in along wig, laureate, in ornamental armour and mantle (left). Legend: 'CAROLVS . II . D . G : M : BR : FR :
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Medal commemorating the dominion of the sea. Medal commemorating the dominion of the sea. Obverse: Bust of King Charles II (right) in a long wig, laureate, and mantle. Legend: 'CAROLVS . II . D . G . M . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REX.' Reverse: The k
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Medal commemorating the dominion of the sea. Medal commemorating the dominion of the sea. Obverse: Bust of King Charles II in along wig, laureate, in ornamental armour and mantle (left). Legend: 'CAROLVS . II . D . G : M : BR : FR : ET . H : REX.
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Medal commemorating the strengthened navy. Medal commemorating the strengthened navy. Obverse: Youthful head of King Louis XIV with long hair (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Port-quarter view of a battleship u
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Naval reward medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Naval reward medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Obverse: Head of King Charles II, laureate, in a long wig (right). Legend: 'CAROLVS . SECVNDVS . DEI . GRATIA . MAG . BRI
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Pattern commemorating the dominion of the sea. Pattern commemorating the dominion of the sea. Obverse: Bust of Charles II (left), laureate, in armour. Legend: 'CAROLVS . A . CAROLO' (Charles of Charles, i.e., son of Charles). Below: '1665&#
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Pattern commemorating the dominion of the sea. Pattern commemorating the dominion of the sea. Obverse: Bust of King Charles II hair short, tied, laureate, in armour (left). Legend: 'CAROLVS . A . CAROLO.' Exergue: '1665'. Reverse: Brit
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Portrait of the 'Burcht van Leiden'. Portrait of the ‘Burcht van Leiden’ viewed from the starboard quarter. The fore course and mizzen are loosed; the fore and main topsails are hoised; the main yard is acockbill; a flag is at the ma
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Portrait of the 'Damiaten'. Possibly a portrait of the ‘Damianten’, built in 1663, 36 guns; she was last mentioned in 1689. She is viewed from astern slightly on the starboard quarter with the wind on the port quarter, under main to
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Portrait of the 'Eendracht'. This is a portrait of the ‘Eendracht’ viewed from the starboard beam. The lower-masts and yards, bowsprit and spritsail topmast roughly sketched in. There is a barge alongside. It is a faint offset, not
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Portrait of the ‘Eendracht’. Portrait of the ‘Eendracht’, viewed from slightly abaft the port beam showing the fore yard lowered. On the tafferel, the lion of the United Provinces is rampant guardant within a circular fence. There
1665
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Shipping in light airs off Wieringen. In the right middle-distance, the port broadside view of a ship at anchor with a galjoot alongside. Ahead of her, a lee bow view of a smalschip close-hauled on the starboard tack. On the left is a kaag in the wind. Th
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The 'Hilversum' at anchor in a harbour. The focus of the drawing, in the left foreground, is a Dutch ship shown in stern view. This is probably the ‘Hilversum’ at anchor, her fore and main yards lowered and the mizzen topsail set. Th
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The Dutch fleet becalmed. The Dutch fleet becalmed, August 1665; part of a series of drawings of De Ruyter’s voyage to Bergen, Autumn 1665. A starboard bow view of a two-decker with flag at the mizzen lying becalmed with her topsails loosed; there
1665
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The Dutch fleet before the Battle of Lowestoft, May-June 1665. In this drawing, the Dutch fleet is under easy sail before the wind. In the centre of the drawing is a large ship with a flag and pendant at the main. On the right is a shop with a flag at the
1665
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The Merchant Shipping Anchorage off Texel Island with Oudeschild in the Distance. The setting for this painting is the merchant shipping roadstead off the eastern coast of Texel, one of a group of northern islands guarding the entrance to the Zuider Zee.
1665
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Three Dutch flagships hove-to in light airs. A distant view showing on the right a vice-admiral under fore course and topsails, with the main topsail laid to the mast. In the centre is another vice-admiral and on the left is an admiral. A coastline can be
1665
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[East Indies]. Single sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum mounted on two hinged boards each 70.5 x 27.5cm. Scale: [ca. 1:10 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Distance scale in English leagues. Additional Places: W Pacific, China, Japan, Borneo
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[NE Atlantic, England to Strait of Gibraltar]. 2 sheets joined. hand coloured manuscript on vellum, mounted on four hinged oak boards, each 26 x 76cm. The scale is in English leagues. The chart contains a latitude bar. Soundings are shown in the south-wes
1665
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The Dutch fleet at anchor in the Helder, 12 May 1665. In the background, there is a port-broadside view of the Dutch fleet lying at anchor, which seems to lie facing the wind. In the foreground is a stern view of a boeier yacht. The work is inscribed wit
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The Dutch fleet lying in the Helder 4/14 May 1665. On the left, a distant view of a number of ships lying at anchor with their fore and main yards acockbil. In the centre foreground, a port bow view of a smalschip at anchor. To the right, a small harbour
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The Dutch fleet at anchor, 23 May 1665. The Dutch fleet at anchor, 13 [OS]/23 May 1665. In the foreground is a starboard broadside view of a weyschuit being towed by a man close in to the shore. In the middle distance is a port bow view of a ship before a
May 1665
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The Dutch fleet in light airs 1 June 1665. Drawing of the Battle of Lowestoft, 3 [OS]/13 June 1665 showing the Dutch fleet in light airs, 22 May [OS]/1 June 1665. On the right is a starboard quarter view of a large ship with pendant at the mizzen. Further
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Battle off Lowestoffe 1665 3rd June (Harwich). Print
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Defeat of the Dutch fleet, 3 June 1665. Print
Feb 1795
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Dutch ships in a sea, 28 May-7 June 1665. This unsigned drawing depicts a fresh breeze and a heavy sea. In the foreground, van de Velde's galjoot is visible, with a quartering wind running down towards a ship in the left background which has carried
1665
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The day before the battle of Lowestoft, 2-12 June 1665. The Dutch fleet is shown with the wind and the sun coming from the left hand side of the drawing. In the centre foreground is a starboard bow view of the ‘Eendract’ (den baron van wassena
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The action at Bergen, 2 August 1665. The action was fought in an attempt by the English to destroy some Dutch Indiamen which had taken refuge there. The Danish forts supported the stout defence of the Dutch ships, which succeeded in repulsing the superior
1666
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Action at Bergen, 3 August 1665. An incident following the Dutch defeat at Lowestoft, which was the first fleet action of the Second Dutch War, 1665-67. A returning Dutch East India and Smyrna fleet was forced to put into Bergen, Norway, a neutral port fo
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d Engelsen aenval tot Bergen in Noorwegen op den 12 Augusti, Ao 1665; Bergen 3-4 Aug 1665. Text in Dutch on reverse.
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Tromp’s fleet: a council of war off the Texel, 5 August 1665. One of a series of drawings made by Van de Velde the Elder when he was attached to the Dutch fleet following the action at Bergen on 2 August 1665, early in the second Anglo-Dutch War. Th
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