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John André
A self-portrait of British Major John André (1750-1780), who was executed as a spy during the American Revolutionary War for his role in Benedict Arnold's treason. Picture is currently in the Tower of London, unknown date.
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Execution of Major John André
Execution of Major John André during the American Revolutionary War, illustration from the New, Complete and Authentic History of England by Edward Barnard, 1791.
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Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson (c. 1570-1611) was an English navigator and maritime explorer. He is known for his four voyages between 1607 and 1610 in search of a northwest passage via the Arctic Ocean to the Far East. The lure of a northwest passage...
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Jamestown Colony of Virginia
The Jamestown Colony in Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in North America founded in 1607. It was the third attempt of the Virginia Company of London to establish a permanent trade center in the Americas...
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Mayflower
The Mayflower is the name of the cargo ship that brought the Puritan separatists (known as pilgrims) to North America in 1620 CE. It was a type of sailing ship known as a carrack with three masts with square-rigged sails on the main...
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Abolitionist Dr. John Doy
Portrait of abolitionist Dr. John Doy, by Thomas Holman, 1860. The print was published in John Doy's The Narrative of John Doy, of Lawrence, Kansas: "A Plain, Unvarnished Tale."
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King John
Face reconstruction of King John of England (also called John Lackland, r. 1199-1216), based on his tomb effigy in Worcester Cathedral and contemporary chroniclers describing his physical appearance. During his reign, he lost the Duchy...
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John I of England Battling Philip II of France
An illumination from a 14th Century CE manuscript of the "Grandes Chroniques de France", depicting a battle between John I of England (r. 1199 - 1216 CE) and Philip II of France (r. 1180 - 1223 CE). Both...
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Colorized Portrait of John Bell Hood
Portrait of Confederate General John Bell Hood, c. 1861-1865. Depicted here is a framed, colorized photograph of a uniformed John Bell Hood (1831-1879), the Confederate general who rose to lead the Army of Tennessee...
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John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth, & Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
The Booth brothers, Winter Garden Theater, 25 November 1864. John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth, and Junius Brutus Booth Jr. pose during a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. John Wilkes Booth...