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A Sea of Symbols
Captain George Pechell Mends (circa 1814 – 1871)
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water transport: fishing vessel: pink, fishing
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water transport: unknown function: brigantine (Mediterranean)
water transport: unknown function: craft (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: hooker
water transport: unknown function: kaag (Netherlands)
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cream ,medium, slightly textured, handmade, antique laid paper
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Second Anglo-Dutch War; 1665-1667
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Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Solebay, 1672
Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Texel, 1673
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Gouden Leeuw 1654
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James? 1634 [British navy]
James Galley 1676 [British navy]
Kat ca.1665 [Dutch navy]
Katherine 1661 [British navy]
Katherine? 1674
Kingfisher 1675
Kitchen 1670 [British navy]
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Kraanvogel? 1666 [Dutch]
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Liefde ca.1661 [Dutch navy]
Maagd van Dordrecht 1666 [Dutch navy]
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Mary Rose (1654)
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Newcastle 1653 [British navy]
Old Katherine 1661 [British navy]
Oranje? 1666? [Dutch EI]
Overijssel (1650)
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Play 1689 [British navy]
Portland 1653 [British navy]
Portsmouth 1649 [British navy]
Portsmouth 1674 [British navy]
Postiljon ca.1666 [Dutch navy]
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Princess 1660 [English navy]
Prins te Paard 1658? [Dutch navy]
Providence 1637 [British navy]
Provincie van Utrecht (1663)
Resolution (1667)
Revenge (1654)
Ridderschap 1666 [Dutch navy]
Royal Escape 1660 [British]
Royal Escape? 1660 [British navy]
Royal Escape fl.1600
Royal James (1671)
Royal Oak 1674 [British navy]
Royal Prince 1610
Royal Prince 1610 [British navy]
Royal Prince 1670
Royal Prince [British navy]
Royal Sovereign (1701)
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Rupert 1666 [British navy]
Saint Andrew 1670
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Sandadoes 1670 [British]
Sandwich 1679 [British navy]
Saudadoes 1670 [British navy]
Saudadoes 1673 [English navy]
Schager Roos 1665? [Dutch navy]
Seahorse 1694 [British navy]
Speedwell 1660 [British navy]
St. Michael 1669 [English navy]
St Andrew 1670 [British navy]
St David 1667 [British navy]
St David? 1667 [British navy]
St Paulus 1665
Success 1660 [British navy]
Suffolk 1680 [British navy]
Swann 1673 [British navy]
Thomas & Elizabeth 1688 [British navy]
Tiger 1647 [British navy]
Triumph 1623 [British navy]
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Vrede 1650 [Dutch]
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Vrijheid 1667 [Dutch navy]
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Wassenaar (1666)
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William & Mary 1694? [British navy]
Windsor Castle 1678 [British navy]
Witte Eenhorn? 1636 [Dutch navy]
Wulpenburg [Dutch navy]
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Zeven Provincien (1665)
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Unseen: The Lives of Looking by Dryden Goodwin
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Ships under bare poles in a gale (Drawing)
A flute under easy sail (Drawing)
A smalschip near the shore and men pushing off a boat (Drawing)
The action at Vigo from the eastward (Drawing)
Portrait of the 'Oranje'? (Drawing)
Portrait of a small Dutch frigate (Drawing)
A dogger in a light air (Drawing)
A small Dutch merchantman in a light air (Drawing)
An English ship at anchor (Drawing)
River pageant on the Y at Amsterdam in honour of the Prince of Orange, 5/15 June 1660 (Drawing)
Portrait of a Dutch two-decker (Drawing)
The Dutch fleet at anchor in the Helder, 12 May 1665 (Drawing)
Three Dutch flagships hove-to in light airs (Drawing)
Study of a Dutch warship in a fair breeze (Drawing)
Portrait of the 'Resolution' (Drawing)
A Dutch bezan yacht with the wind on the quarter (Drawing)
A smalschip with shipping at anchor (Drawing)
A square sail hauled up (Drawing)
The figurehead of an English ship (Drawing)
A ship dismasted in a gale (Drawing)
A galjoot and other craft in light airs (Drawing)
Study of a French fishing boat (Drawing)
An English ship at anchor (Drawing)
Portrait of a small Dutch frigate (Drawing)
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