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![[The Almirante Latorre, the first dreadnought of the Chilean Navy, photographed during a trial trip]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvdGhlLWFsbWlyYW50ZS1sYXRvcnJlLXRoZS1maXJzdC1kcmVhZG5vdWdodC1vZi10aGUtY2hpbGVhbi1uYXZ5LXBob3RvZ3JhcGhlZC01M2MxOTQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/255/jpg "[The Almirante Latorre, the first dreadnought of the Chilean Navy, photographed during a trial trip]")
![[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]")
![[USS Langley, the first US Navy aircraft carrier]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvdXNzLWxhbmdsZXktdGhlLWZpcnN0LXVzLW5hdnktYWlyY3JhZnQtY2Fycmllci02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[USS Langley, the first US Navy aircraft carrier]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Confederate 1st Lieutenant uniform]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjEvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItaW4tY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtMXN0LWxpZXV0ZW5hbnQtdW5pZm9ybS03OWUzYmMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/47/webp "[Unidentified soldier in Confederate 1st Lieutenant uniform]")
![[The divers at the Imperial Naval Arsenal]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWRpdmVycy1hdC10aGUtaW1wZXJpYWwtbmF2YWwtYXJzZW5hbC02NDAuanBn/40/34/webp "[The divers at the Imperial Naval Arsenal]")
![[Humorous pictures showing damaged Chinese battleships receiving first aid and Chinese men running with sails (as from Chinese junks) on their backs and carrying rifles]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvaHVtb3JvdXMtcGljdHVyZXMtc2hvd2luZy1kYW1hZ2VkLWNoaW5lc2UtYmF0dGxlc2hpcHMtcmVjZWl2aW5nLWZpcnN0LWFpZC1hbmQtMzcyYThmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/59/webp "[Humorous pictures showing damaged Chinese battleships receiving first aid and Chinese men running with sails (as from Chinese junks) on their backs and carrying rifles]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Union first sergeant's uniform with cavalry saber in front of painted backdrop showing landscape]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItaW4tdW5pb24tZmlyc3Qtc2VyZ2VhbnRzLXVuaWZvcm0td2l0aC1jYXZhbHJ5LXNhYmVyLWluLTU4NmM3OS02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "[Unidentified soldier in Union first sergeant's uniform with cavalry saber in front of painted backdrop showing landscape]")
