Images Dated 8th December 2011

Naval battle between the British and French, 1790s

British ship "Brunswick" in battle with French navy off the coast of Brittany, late 1700s.
Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration

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Witchcraft book by Cotton Mather, 1689

Cotton Mather, "Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts," title page, 1689.
Halftone reproduction with a watercolor wash

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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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