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Anchor
building: fort (Netherlands)
Canopy carvimg
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Cap
cast: medal cast: naval reward
cast: seal cast: Amsterdam, first seal of the city, 1371-4
cast: seal cast: Batavian Marine, seal of, ca.1795(Netherlands)
cast: seal cast: Netherlands Admiralty, seal of, ca.1746
cast: seal cast: Netherlands East India Co, seal of, ca.1780
cast: seal cast: Netherlands Marine, seal of, ca.1799
cast: seal cast: Netherlands West India Company, 1669
cast: seal cast: Netherlands West India Company, seal of
cast: seal cast: Netherlands West India Company, seal of, 1623
clothing, headwear: uniform: cap
clothing, headwear: uniform: uniform, Flag Officer's
Drift Net
Equipment model
Equipment model; Fishing net
Fender
fishing & trapping t&e: fishing net
fishing & trapping t&e: float, net
fishing & trapping t&e: model, net
fishing & trapping t&e: net
fishing & trapping t&e: otter board
Fishing net
food service t&e: knife
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Net
Full hull model; Rigged model; Plank-on-frame
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Anchor
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Fender
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Hatch cover
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Plank
Hatch cover
Hatch Cover
Knife
land transport component: netting, sledge
Medal cast
Net
Net barrel sling
Net float
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Net Purse
other structure: harbour
other structure: harbour (Netherlands)
other structure: pier
Painting
personal gear: purse, net
personal symbol: arms: Netherlands
personal symbol: arms: Orange, House of
personal symbol: badge, Royal Netherlands Navy
personal symbol: shield of arms: Netherlands
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relic, ship: timber
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water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman (Netherlands)
water transport: cargo vessel: Indiaman (Netherlands)
water transport: cargo vessel: merchantman (Netherlands)
water transport: cargo vessel: paviljoepoon, barge (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: 2 decker (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3 decker (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: 30 gun ship (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: 56 gun ship (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: 58-72 gun ship (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: flagship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: flagship (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: flute (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (France)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: galley (France)
water transport: fighting vessel: man o' war (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: privateer (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: warship (Netherlands)
water transport: fishing vessel: buss, herring
water transport: fishing vessel: dogger (Netherlands) ?
water transport: fishing vessel: fishing boat
water transport: fishing vessel: fishing boat (Netherlands)
water transport: hunting vessel: whaler
water transport: hunting vessel: whaler (Netherlands)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set: working)
water transport: passenger vessel: ferry (Netherlands)
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: barge, spritsail (Netherlands)
water transport: sailing vessel: bom (Netherlands)
water transport: sailing vessel: botter (Netherlands)
water transport: sailing vessel: ship
water transport: sailing vessel: ship (Netherlands)
water transport: service vessel: barge, state (Netherlands)
water transport: service vessel: raft (Netherlands)
water transport: service vessel: tug (Netherlands)
water transport: steam vessel: steamship (America)
water transport: unknown function: barge (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: boat
water transport: unknown function: craft (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: galjoot (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: kaag (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: ship (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: ship (Netherlnds)
water transport: unknown function: ship (Spain)
water transport: unknown function: ship (UK)
water transport: unknown function: smack (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: smalschip (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: weyschuit (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: wijdschip (Netherlands)
water transport: yacht
water transport: yacht (Netherlands)
water transport: yacht (UK)
water transport: yacht, admiralty (Netherlands)
water transport: yacht, bezan (Netherlands)
water transport: yacht, boeier (Netherlands)
water transport: yacht, States (Netherlands)
water transport accessory: carving, canopy
water transport accessory: carving, stern(Netherlands)
water transport accessory: sling, net barrel
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Adrien van de Veen
Anthonisz, Aert
Backhuysen, Ludolf
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Bouwmeester, Cornelis
Cooke, Edward William
Cornelisz Claessen, Cornelisz
Dawson, Montague
Diest, Willem Hermansz van
Dodd, Robert
Dubbels, Hendrik Jacobsz
Eertvelt, Andries van
English School, 17th century
Gieves & Hawkes Ltd
Goss, James
Gruyter, Jacob de
Leyden, Jan van
Monogrammist C.W.
Monogrammist D.W.
Mooy, Cornelis Pietersz
Mulier, Pieter
Netherlandish School, 17th century
Nooms, Reinier
Peeters, Bonaventura
Porcellis, Jan
Rietschoof, Hendrik
Rietschoof, Jan Claesz
Salm, Adriaen van
Serres, Dominic
Sillemans, Experiens
Silo, Adam
Soest, Pieter Cornelisz van
Staets, Hendrick
Storck, Abraham
Storck, Johannes
Studio of Ludolf Backhuysen
the Younger, after Willem van de Velde,
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van der Croos, Pieter
van Salm, Roelof
Velde, follower of Willem Van de
Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Verbeeck, Cornelisz
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Vries, Jacob Feytsz de
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American War of Independence: Battle of Doggerbank, 1781
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Eighty Years' War: Battle of the Downs, 1639
Second Anglo-Dutch War: Attack on the Medway, 1667
Second Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Lowestoft, 1665
Second Anglo-Dutch War; 1665-1667
Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Solebay, 1672
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Eenhorn 1625
Hercules fl.1634
Macbeth 1920
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Prins Wilhelm III 1687
St. John Baptist (1668)
Zeven Provincien (1665)
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A small Dutch ship riding out a storm (Painting)
Two Kaags at Sea Before a Fresh Breeze (Painting)
A Dutch flagship brought to in a fresh breeze (Painting)
Men in a boat with two Dutch ships nearby (Painting)
Men in a Boat Near Two Dutch Ships (Painting)
A Castle with a Ship Sailing Nearby (Painting)
Knife from shipwreck (Knife)
Net float
Net
An English and Dutch ship approaching each other (Painting)
A Dutch Ship Saluting an English Flagship (Painting)
The Steamship Macbeth Rescued at Sea by a Dutch Tug in the Atlantic, 1941 (Painting)
The 'Amelia' Engaging English Ships, 1652-53 (Painting)
Dutch whalers in the ice (Painting)
A Dutch Ship Entering a Mediterranean Port (Painting)
The Dutch ship Eendracht at anchor (Painting)
A Dutch Ferry Boat Before a Breeze (Painting)
Dutch fishing boats becalmed near a jetty (Painting)
Two merchant ships under sail in a moderate breeze (Painting)
A French Galley and Dutch Men-of-War off a Port (Painting)
A Dutch man-of-war (Painting)
A Dutch Whaler Close-Hauled in a Breeze (Painting)
Shipping off a Dutch Pier (Painting)
A Dutch Merchant Ship Running Between Rocks in Rough Weather (Painting)
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