photo: Creative Commons / Jan Arkesteijn
The West India House in Amsterdam, headquarters of the Dutch West India Company from 1623 to 1647. Dutch West India Company (Dutch: Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie or GWIC; English: Chartered West India Company) was a chartered company of Dutch merchants. Among its founding fathers was Willem Usselincx (1567-1647?).
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St. Mary's church, Stralsund
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Family portrait by Gerri van Honthorst, 1647. She had a large influence upon policy; she acted as the political advisor of Frederick, and after he became sick in 1640, she openly participated in politics and received foreign diplomats
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate Airman Brian Goodwin
Master Diver pre-screening candidates focus on upcoming missions in the training brief aboard Landing Craft Unit (LCU-1647) at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek.
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate Airman Brian Goodwin
Master Diver candidate Senior Chief Damage Controlman Randy Duncan assigns positions during the next exercise to other fellow candidates before their upcoming mission aboard Landing Craft Unit (LCU-1647).
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate Airman Brian Goodwin
Sonar Technician Surface 3rd Class Ryan Travis is suited for his Master Diver qualification pre-screening exercise aboard Landing Craft Unit (LCU-1647) at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek.
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Giovanni Lanfranco
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Former Soviet submarine Juliett 484 and Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1647 are moored at Collier Point Park.
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Paulus Potter the bull (ca. 1647) The collection of paintings of stadtholder William V, Prince of Orange was handed over to the Dutch state by his son king William I. This collection formed the basis of the Royal Cabinet of Paintings of around 200 paintings
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Twilight falls on the former Soviet submarine-turned museum, Juliett 484 and Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1647 at Collier Point Park.
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Pakhuis van de WIC in Amsterdam. Dutch West India Company (Dutch: Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie or GWIC; English: Chartered West India Company) was a chartered company of Dutch merchants. Among its founding fathers was Willem Usselincx (1567-1647?).
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Defense Image Digest, CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FLORIDA (FL) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
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Sisto Badalocchio.
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Tomb of François de Laval
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An equestrian west facing statue of Frederick the Great in the middle of Unter den Linden,Berlin.
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Statue of Charles I, facing down Whitehall
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Jesuit astronomers with Chinese scholars, Les Astronomes, Beauvais tapestry, 18th century.
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St Gregory by St Paul's
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The massive stone keep, curtain wall and three-storey corner tower.
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Lilla Nygatan in February 2007
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Frederick III of Denmark
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Venus at her Mirror (The Rokeby Venus) by Diego Velázquez.
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A medieval Harrowing of Hell, with Hellmouth, as engraved by Michael Burghers (1647/8–1727)
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Salute01
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Heilbronn in 1643. Engraving by Matthäus Merian.During the Thirty Years' War the city and surrounding villages suffered badly. After the battle of Wimpfen in 1622, Neckargartach was burnt to the ground.
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Härnösand is a locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 18,003 inhabitants in 2005.[1] It's also called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape rises just some miles north of Härnösand.
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The Shunzhi Emperor (1644-1661), proclaimed the ruler of China on October 8, 1644
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Paulus Potter, The Young Bull (1647); 3.4 metres wide. An unusually monumental animal painting that challenges the hierarchy of genres.
photo: Creative Commons / Mats Halldin
Cartouche at Number 4.
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Trutnov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtrutnof]; German: Trautenau) is a city in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of 31,239 and lies in the Krkonoše in the valley of the Úpa River.