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Early-18th Century Flintlock Pistol
A flintlock pistol, c. 1700-1730. English lock and stock. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Sign of Noah's Covenant
Sign of Noah's Covenant with God, mosaic from St Paul's Cathedral in London.
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Blackbeard's Death by Pyle
An illustration by Howard Pyle (1853-1911) showing the notorious pirate Blackbeard's fight to the death in 1718. From an original oil painting by Pyle. (The illustration first appeared in Pyle, Howard (1894), Jack Ballister's Fortunes, The...
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An Armed Pirate by Howard Pyle
A sketch of an armed pirate from the Golden Age of Piracy by Howard Pyle (1853-1911).
From Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main, New York, Harper and Brothers.
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Covenant with Noah
Covenant with Noah, mosaic by Boris Anrep from the Blessed Sacrament chapel of Westminster Cathedral, London.
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Svadilfari and his Master
A depiction of the jötunn master-builder and his horse Svadilfari by Robert Engels, published in Germaniens Götter by Rudolf Herzog, Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig, 1919.
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Hacienda Chorrillo, Taxco
Hacienda of Chorrillo, Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero, Mexico.
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Abandoned Hacienda, Taxco
Abandoned Hacienda, The Silver Mound, Taxco, Mexico.
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The Campaigns & Empire of Genghis Khan
A map illustrating the military campaigns and the expansion of Mongol territory under the leadership of Genghis Khan after the founding of the Mongol Empire in 1206 until his death in 1227. Genghis Khan (1162-1227) rose from relative obscurity...
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Baba Yaga's Hut
An image portraying Baba Yaga's hut. Baba Yaga was said to live in a hut standing on chicken's legs. In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga was a witch who often preys on children to eat them. However, some accounts present her as a wise and helpful...
