File:JONG(1807) - ZEEGEVECHT (near Sint Eustatius Island, 1781).jpg

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English: Battle of the Dutch Ship Mars, against the English warships Monarch, Panther and Sybille

Nederlands: Gevecht van 's Lands Schip Mars, tegen de Englsche oorlogschepen Monarch, Panther en Sijbille

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D. Vrydag (engraver), Gerrit Groenewegen (artist), Francois Bohn (publisher)
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English: Battle of the Dutch Ship Mars, against the English warships Monarch, Panther and Sybille
Nederlands: Gevecht van 's Lands Schip Mars, tegen de Englsche oorlogschepen Monarch, Panther en Sijbille
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The British won control of Sint Eustatius (Saint Eustatius), in a naval battle against the Dutch in 1781. Sint Eustatius (Saint Eustatius), one of the Caribbean islands under the control of the Dutch during the eighteenth century, was at the centre of the arms trade supplying the British colonies.
Date 1807
date QS:P571,+1807-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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British Library HMNTS 10470.d.18.
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Image extracted from page 197 of Reize naar de Caribische Eilanden, in de Jaren 1780-81 door C. de J. toen ter tijd als Luitenant dienende aan boord van s'lands schip van oorlog Mars, onder bevel van den Schout bij Nacht W. Krul, by JONG, Cornelis. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr.

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