Take her Home to England? Not THIS Time!

Take her Home to England? Not THIS Time!

Royal Charles was an 1,229 tons, 80-gun ship of the English Navy, built in 1655. In 1660 she sailed to Scheveningen (Holland) to bring King Charles II back to England.  She took part in the 2nd Anglo-Dutch War. In 1665, she fought in the Battle of Lowestoft and destroyed the Dutch flagship. In 1666, she participated in the Four Days Battle and the defeat of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter in the St. James’s

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Vintage Fun and Games

Vintage Fun and Games

KNOCKING OFF GOOSE HEADS and other children’s games Children’s games and humor were popular themes on the so called catchpenny prints or ‘centsprenten’ in Dutch. They have also been called children’s prints, ‘oortjes’ prints (in Dutch an oortje was a cent and a quarter), saints or ‘mannekesblaren’ (in Dutch: little fellows’ leaves). These cheap, sloppily colored

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Drenken der Paarden van de Ombiliekolenvelden Soematra

Drenken der Paarden van de Ombiliekolenvelden Soematra

Drenken der Paarden van de Ombiliekolenvelden Soeamtra Antique photograph.       Antique school board of Drenken der Paarden van de Ombiliekolenvelden Soeamtra. Taken c.1895 and published between 1912 and 1914 in Holland. This photograph depicting the Dutch East Indies was originally published as part of an information series for school children. It consisted of 170

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Japanese woodblock print, early to mid 19th century.

Japanese woodblock print, early to mid 19th century.

Antique Japanese woodblock prints from the 19th century by a well-known woodblock printmaker of the late Meiji period,  Watanabe Nobukazu (1874-1944), titled ;Flight of the Chinese Army: Capturing Weapons (Shingun haisô gunki bundori no zu) depicting an illustration of the Chinese army that is held captive by the Japanese army during the First Sino Japanese War.

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Inlandsch Kustvaartuig.

Inlandsch Kustvaartuig.

Inlandsch Kustvaartuig Antique Photograph Antique school board of Inlandsch Kustvaartuig Taken c.1895 and published between 1912 and 1914 in Holland. This photograph depicting the Dutch East Indies was originally published as part of an information series for school children. It consisted of 170 educational prints and covered a diverse range of subjects, separated into two

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L’ASIE (De L’Isle, Guillaume c.1730)

L’ASIE (De L’Isle, Guillaume c.1730)

L’ASIE/divisée en ses Principales Regions,/et ou se peuvent voir l’estendue des/EMPIRES MONARCHIES, ROYAUMES,. ET ESTATS/qui partagent presentement L’ASIE./Recueilli de divers Memoires, et sur les Relations les plus Nouvelles/Par G. DE L’ISLE, Geographe ordinaire du Roy/a l’usage de Mr. le DUC de BOURGOGNE/A. AMSTERDAM/Chez I. COVENS et C. MORTIER/Avec Privil.tttt An early 18th century map of

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