Images Dated 2011 December

Map of Britain in 597 AD

Map of territory controlled by Celts, Picts, Anglos, Saxons, and other tribes in Britain in 597 AD.
Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

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William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne, 1668

William of Orange, later King William III of England, leading the Dutch army in England's Glorious Revolution.
Hand-colored engraving

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British army advancing at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Duke of Wellington ordering the entire British line to advance at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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