File:Scottish mercenaries in the Thirty Years War.jpg

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Author
Georg Cöler  (1600–1638)  wikidata:Q50826926
 
Alternative names
G.C.; Georg Köler; Georg Coler
Description drawer and engraver
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 1638 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nuremberg Nuremberg
Work period 1627 Edit this at Wikidata
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Nuremberg; Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q50826926
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English: Scottish mercenaries, assumed to be men of Mackay's Regiment landing in the Baltic port of Stettin (Szczecin) in 1630 or 1631. This print is regarded as the earliest surviving depiction of Highland dress. The original caption states, "They are a strong and hardy people who survive on little food. If they have no bread, they eat roots [turnips may be intended]. When necessary, they can cover more than 20 German miles in a day's forced march. [1 German mile = 4¾ English miles!] Besides muskets, they carry bows, quivers and long swords."
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English: presumably soldiers from the regiment of Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay
Date 1631
date QS:P571,+1631-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer [| Ralphus] (16 November 2009). Scots and Irish in the Thirty Years War. warsoflouisxiv.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 26 October 2019.; uploaded by Kim Traynor, 26 January 2012
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