Images Dated 6th December 2011

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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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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Norman Invasion of England, 1066

Taillefer rousing the French army by singing the Song of Roland at the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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