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![[Dutch ships anchored off Santa Clara, in Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile. ca. 1600]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2MDEvMDEvMDEvZHV0Y2gtc2hpcHMtYW5jaG9yZWQtb2ZmLXNhbnRhLWNsYXJhLWluLWp1YW4tZmVybmFuZGV6LWlzbGFuZHMtY2hpbGUtY2EtMTYwMC02NDAuanBn/320/480/jpg "[Dutch ships anchored off Santa Clara, in Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile. ca. 1600]")
![[Dutch soldiers battling natives at Strait of Magellan. Chile. ca. 1600]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2MDEvMDEvMDEvZHV0Y2gtc29sZGllcnMtYmF0dGxpbmctbmF0aXZlcy1hdC1zdHJhaXQtb2YtbWFnZWxsYW4tY2hpbGUtY2EtMTYwMC02NDAuanBn/40/53/webp "[Dutch soldiers battling natives at Strait of Magellan. Chile. ca. 1600]")
![[Pleasure boating near Catalina Island, Calif.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvcGxlYXN1cmUtYm9hdGluZy1uZWFyLWNhdGFsaW5hLWlzbGFuZC1jYWxpZi02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Pleasure boating near Catalina Island, Calif.]")
![[Empress, side wheeler, approaching Catalina Island harbor, Calif.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZW1wcmVzcy1zaWRlLXdoZWVsZXItYXBwcm9hY2hpbmctY2F0YWxpbmEtaXNsYW5kLWhhcmJvci1jYWxpZi02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Empress, side wheeler, approaching Catalina Island harbor, Calif.]")
![[Views from offshore of islands in the Bay of Fundy and the entrance to the Saint John River on the mainland]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODAvMDEvMDEvdmlld3MtZnJvbS1vZmZzaG9yZS1vZi1pc2xhbmRzLWluLXRoZS1iYXktb2YtZnVuZHktYW5kLXRoZS1lbnRyYW5jZS10by10aGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/12/webp "[Views from offshore of islands in the Bay of Fundy and the entrance to the Saint John River on the mainland]")
![[Jersey, arrival of boats, St. Helier, Channel Islands]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvamVyc2V5LWFycml2YWwtb2YtYm9hdHMtc3QtaGVsaWVyLWNoYW5uZWwtaXNsYW5kcy00YTAxYmEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Jersey, arrival of boats, St. Helier, Channel Islands]")
