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The Amelia, flagship of Admiral Tromp, 1639

Object summary

Title
The Amelia, flagship of Admiral Tromp, 1639
Object ID
CC-P-0115
Date made
1904
Place made

United States, New York

Engraver
Clark, Arthur Hamilton
Publisher
Putnam, G.P. and Sons
Object type
Engraving
Major collection
Nautical
Named collection
Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view
No
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Description

Engraving of the Amelia (Aemilia in Dutch) at the Battle of the Downs in 1639. A 57-gun vessel and largest Dutch warship built up to that time, it was the flagship of Admiral Maarten Tromp during part of the Eighty Years' War.

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