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A series of illustrations by Livia Giorgina Carpineto brings the world of notorious pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao to life
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A Sea of Symbols
Captain George Pechell Mends (circa 1814 – 1871)
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Anthonisz, Aert
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First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Scheveningen, 1653
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Dutch Ships sailing off a Rocky Shore (Painting)
A Fleet of Whalers (Painting)
Sunlight on a Stormy Sea (Painting)
Dutch Ferry Boats in a Fresh Breeze (Painting)
Ships Trading in the East (Painting)
Two Dutch Merchant Ships Under Sail Near the Shore in a Moderate Breeze (Painting)
Dutch Ships in a Rough Sea (Painting)
A Dutch and an English Ship off a Harbour (Painting)
A Spanish three-decker at anchor off Naples (Painting)
A Dutch Ship Running onto a Rocky Coast (Painting)
Ships and a Galley Wrecked on a Rocky Coast (Painting)
Ships Becalmed on a Rocky Coast (Painting)
Ships at Anchor Off a Mediterranean Harbour (Painting)
Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast (Painting)
A Dutch Yacht before the Wind in a Harbour (Painting)
Fishing Boats in a Storm off the Dutch Coast at Den Helder (Painting)
Nova Orbis Terrarum Tabula. Emendata a I. Danckers. Orbis Terrarum nova et accurata tabula auct I, Danckers. [Cartouche] Amsterdam Gedruckt by Iustus Danckers consien caert vercoper inde Calverstaet nule Danckbaenheyt. (Map)
The Wreck of the 'Amsterdam' (Painting)
Fishermen on Shore Hauling in their Nets (Painting)
The Beach at Scheveningen (Painting)
The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653 (Painting)
Jonah and the Whale (Painting)
Dutch Ships in a Gale (Painting)
A French Ship and Barbary Pirates (Painting)
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