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Spanish galleon at sea

Spanish galleon, an improved caravel three times longer than wide, used in the 1500s and 1600s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Schwatkas discovery of Franklin expedition grave, 1880

Grave of Franklin Expedition member Lt. John Irving found by Schwatka's American search party in Greenland, 1880.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Mariana Islands in the Pacific discovered by Magellan, 1521

The Ladrones, later called the Marianas, and a native outrigger drawn by Pigafetta on the Magellan expedition, 1521.
Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

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