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1796 London engraving of the designs of two 17th-century ships.

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1796 London engraving of the designs of two 17th-century ships.
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1796 London engraving of the designs of two 17th-century ships. 8½" x 11½". This tidy print shows 2 ships, "A SPANISH SHIP of WAR, Carrying 50 GUNS, built about the middle of the Seventeenth Century" at top and "The SPEAKER an ENGLISH Second Rate of 54 Guns, built about the Year 1640" with special note that "This was the Flag Ship of the Vice Admiral Penn, in the engagement with the Dutch Fleet, Feb'y the 18, 19 and 20, 1652" on the bottom, engraved by C. Tompkins and printed by R. Faulder, nice condition.