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A 17th-century painting by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom showing English and Dutch galleons in combat in 1605. Both ships are typical of the Spanish galleon type. (National Maritime Museum, Amsterdam)

An illustration of a 19th century CE English Grammar school classroom. The classrooom had changed little since Tudor times.

Title page of Sir Henry Billingsley's first English version of Euclid's Elements, 1570.

Reconstructed English homes of 17th-century CE Jamestown Colony of Virginia. Jamestown Settlement living history museum.

A collection of eight traditional English pub signs. Top row (L to R): Mermaid Inn, Guisborough; The Hare & Hounds, Hawsker; Hop & Grape, Redcar; The Ship, Marske-by-the-Sea. Bottom row (L to R): The Victoria, Saltburn-by-the-Sea...

The English raid the Wabanaki settlement at Grand Pre in Acadia in 1704 during Queen Anne's War. By Hezekiah Butterwort, 1885.

Landing of English troops in Holland on 27 August 1799 to partake in the ill-fated Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland during the War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802). Watercolor painting by Dirk...

An English Grace cup (aka Welford cup or 'font cup'), a cup passed around the table after grace was said before a meal. Made of silver in 1588. The inscription reads: VERBVM DOMINE MANET IN ETERNV The word of the Lord endures...

A c. 1670 anonymous painting titled The Great Fire of London, with Ludgate and Old St. Paul's. The Great Fire of London ravished the English capital in September 1666 destroying over 13,000 buildings...

Grace O'Malley (l. c. 1530-1603) was an Irish chieftain and seafarer who became famous as a pirate and rebel during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558-1603) who was trying to increase her control of Irish lands. O'Malley's...