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Dutch Ship in Recife, Brazil
A c. 1640 painting showing a Dutch ship in the harbour of Recife, Portuguese Brazil. Painted by Abraham Willaerts. (Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam)

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Bear Baiting
Bear Baiting, painting by Abraham Hondius (1631-1691).
Private collection.

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General Benjamin Lincoln
Portrait of Benjamin Lincoln, a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (no relation to Abraham Lincoln, 16th US president). Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, October 1784. Independence National Historical...

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Dutch Whalers off Spitsbergen
Dutch whalers off Spitsbergen, oil on canvas by Abraham Storck, c. 1690.
Collectie Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam.

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Sioux Warrior Rain-in-the-Face
Sioux warrior Rain-in-the-Face, photographed by Orlando Scott Goff in 1874 while incarcerated at Fort Abraham Lincoln in Dakota Territory.

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Practice Fight of the Dutch Fleet in Honour of Peter the Great
Detail of Practice fight on the IJ in honour of Tsar Peter the Great on 1 September 1697, oil on canvas, by Abraham Storck, c. 1700.
Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam.

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The Death of General Wolfe
A painting from 1770 presenting the death of General Wolfe during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec. This battle was an important event during the Seven Years' War that laid the foundations of modern-day...

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16-century Map of Dithmarshen
Dithmarschen in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius, 1570

Book Review
A Nation So Conceived: Abraham Lincoln and the Paradox of Democratic Sovereignty
Michael Zuckert, the Nancy R. Dreux Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, has included his analysis of some of Lincoln’s mostly noteworthy speeches, such as the House Divided Speech and both inaugural addresses...

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Christianity from Judaism to Constantine: Crash Course World History #11
In which John Green teaches you the history of Christianity, from the beginnings of Judaism and the development of monotheism, right up to Paul and how Christianity stormed the Roman Empire in just a few hundred years. Along the way, John...