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![[Dutch and Portuguese fighting over fresh water supply. Principe Island. West Africa]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2MDEvMDEvMDEvZHV0Y2gtYW5kLXBvcnR1Z3Vlc2UtZmlnaHRpbmctb3Zlci1mcmVzaC13YXRlci1zdXBwbHktcHJpbmNpcGUtaXNsYW5kLXdlc3QtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/459/jpg "[Dutch and Portuguese fighting over fresh water supply. Principe Island. West Africa]")
![[Battle for Manila between Dutch and Spanish warships. ca. 1600]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2MDEvMDEvMDEvYmF0dGxlLWZvci1tYW5pbGEtYmV0d2Vlbi1kdXRjaC1hbmQtc3BhbmlzaC13YXJzaGlwcy1jYS0xNjAwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/56/webp "[Battle for Manila between Dutch and Spanish warships. ca. 1600]")
![[Portland and the harbor from House Island, Portland]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvcG9ydGxhbmQtYW5kLXRoZS1oYXJib3ItZnJvbS1ob3VzZS1pc2xhbmQtcG9ydGxhbmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Portland and the harbor from House Island, Portland]")
![[Blackhead, the harbor, Monhegan Island, Maine]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvYmxhY2toZWFkLXRoZS1oYXJib3ItbW9uaGVnYW4taXNsYW5kLW1haW5lLTUwNTczZC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Blackhead, the harbor, Monhegan Island, Maine]")
![[Sandown from pier, Isle of Wight, England]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvc2FuZG93bi1mcm9tLXBpZXItaXNsZS1vZi13aWdodC1lbmdsYW5kLTE5YzFlNy02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Sandown from pier, Isle of Wight, England]")
![[African American guiding log from water onto saw mill ramp, Newport News, Virginia, 1900]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1ndWlkaW5nLWxvZy1mcm9tLXdhdGVyLW9udG8tc2F3LW1pbGwtcmFtcC1uZXdwb3J0LW5ld3MtdmEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[African American guiding log from water onto saw mill ramp, Newport News, Virginia, 1900]")
![Deutchland [i.e., Deutschland, German merchant submarine]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvZGV1dGNobGFuZC1pZS1kZXV0c2NobGFuZC1nZXJtYW4tbWVyY2hhbnQtc3VibWFyaW5lLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Deutchland [i.e., Deutschland, German merchant submarine]")
