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After the War. Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports
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Captain George Pechell Mends (circa 1814 – 1871)
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water transport: cargo vessel: merchantman
water transport: cargo vessel: merchantman (Netherlands)
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water transport: fighting vessel: 2 decker (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 2 decker (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3 decker (HMS)
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water transport: fighting vessel: 6th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 46 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 48 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 56 gun ship (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: 58-72 gun ship (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: flagship (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: man o' war (UK)
water transport: fighting vessel: pirate (Barbary)
water transport: fighting vessel: warship (Netherlands)
water transport: fishing vessel: pink, fishing
water transport: service vessel: raft (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: barge
water transport: unknown function: brigantine (Mediterranean)
water transport: unknown function: craft (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: galjoot (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: hooker
water transport: unknown function: kaag (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: ship (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: ship (UK)
water transport: unknown function: smack
water transport: unknown function: weyschuit (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: wijdschip (Netherlands)
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Bol, Ferdinand
Bouwmeester, Cornelis
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Netherlandish School, 17th century
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First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Scheveningen, 1653
Nine Years' War: Battle of La Hougue, 1692
Second Anglo-Dutch War: Attack on Harwich, 1667
Second Anglo-Dutch War: Attack on the Medway, 1667
Second Anglo-Dutch War; 1665-1667
Second Anglo–Dutch War: Four Days Fight, 1666
Sweden-Denmark War: Battle of The Sound, 1658
Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Solebay, 1672
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Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battles of Schooneveld, 1673
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Dutch ships coming to anchor near the shore (Painting)
An English ship and a hooker at sea in a gale with other ships (Painting)
The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 (Painting)
A wijdschip close-hauled in a moderate breeze (Painting)
An English Ship in a Gale Trying to Claw off a Lee Shore (Painting)
The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 (Painting)
The ‘Charles Galley’ before a light breeze (Painting)
Calm: an English two-decker with sails loosed firing a salute (Painting)
An English Royal Yacht under sail with a fishing boat laying a net (Painting)
Portrait of a gentleman, circa 1670, formerly thought to be Willem van de Velde the Elder (Painting)
English Royal Yachts at Sea, in a Strong Wind in Company with a Ship Flying the Royal Standard (Painting)
Three ships in a gale (Painting)
English ships at sea running before a gale (Painting)
A kaag and a weyschuit running before a strong breeze (Painting)
A Dutch ship lying-to in a strong breeze (Painting)
Dutch craft ashore (Painting)
A kaag going to windward in a fresh breeze (Painting)
Dutch shipping with a raft near the shore (Painting)
The 'St Andrew' at Sea in a Moderate Breeze (Painting)
A Dutch Bezan Yacht and many other Vessels in a Crowded Harbour beside a Tavern (Painting)
A Royal Visit to the Fleet in the Thames Estuary, 1672 (Painting)
An English Ship in Action with Barbary Corsairs, circa 1680 (Painting)
Two Dutch Merchant Ships Under Sail Near the Shore in a Moderate Breeze (Painting)
The Battle of the Sound, 8 November 1658 (Painting)
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