Fortress Gallery

Mycenae in ancient Greece, circa 1400 BC

Mycenae in ancient Greece at the height of its culture, circa 1400 BC.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Battle of Auray, France, Hundred Years War, 1364

Capture of Bertrand de Guescelin in the Battle of Auray, where John de Montford and Charles de Blois led opposing sides, 1364.
Hand-colored woodcut

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Champlain's Quebec fort, 1613, showing the dwellings (C, D), drawbridge (I), Moat (M), cannon (N), garden (O).
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Champlain's drawing

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