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title: Dutch Ships at the Battle of the Downs
author: National Maritime Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14881/dutch-ships-at-the-battle-of-the-downs/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Dutch Ships at the Battle of the Downs

_Authored by National Maritime Museum_

## Image File

[![Dutch Ships at the Battle of the Downs](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14881.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14881.png)

## Image Caption

A 17th-century painting by Reinier Nooms showing Dutch and Spanish ships fighting at the [Battle](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/battle/) of the Downs in the English Channel in 1639. (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, N. M. (2021, November 18). Dutch Ships at the Battle of the Downs. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14881/dutch-ships-at-the-battle-of-the-downs/>
### Chicago
Museum, National Maritime. "Dutch Ships at the Battle of the Downs." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 18, 2021. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14881/dutch-ships-at-the-battle-of-the-downs/>.
### MLA
Museum, National Maritime. "Dutch Ships at the Battle of the Downs." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 Nov 2021, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14881/dutch-ships-at-the-battle-of-the-downs/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reinier_Nooms_-_Before_the_Battle_of_the_Downs_-_c.1639.jpg) by [**National Maritime Museum**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reinier_Nooms_-_Before_the_Battle_of_the_Downs_-_c.1639.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 18 November 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.