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![[Claudius Ptolemy, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODYvMDEvMDEvY2xhdWRpdXMtcHRvbGVteS1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/525/jpg "[Claudius Ptolemy, half-length portrait, facing right]")
![[Christopher Columbus, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvY2hyaXN0b3BoZXItY29sdW1idXMtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LXJpZ2h0LTRlNDRkNi02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Christopher Columbus, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]")
![[Potekhin, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvcG90ZWtoaW4taGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LWxlZnQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "[Potekhin, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]")
![[Jeremiah Clemens, half-length portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvamVyZW1pYWgtY2xlbWVucy1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctZnJvbnQtYTgwYTAxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Jeremiah Clemens, half-length portrait, facing front]")
![[Cornelius Mathews, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing spectacles]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvY29ybmVsaXVzLW1hdGhld3MtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LXdlYXJpbmctc3BlY3RhY2xlcy0wZjdlNzktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Cornelius Mathews, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing spectacles]")
![[Admiral Philip Andrews, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvYWRtaXJhbC1waGlsaXAtYW5kcmV3cy1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "[Admiral Philip Andrews, half-length portrait, facing right]")
![[Alphonse Mucha, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDMvYWxwaG9uc2UtbXVjaGEtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTZmYmU0NC02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Alphonse Mucha, half-length portrait, facing right]")
