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![[Title page of Sebastian Brant's "Ship of Fools" with woodcut illustration of crowded ship: Nauis stultorum]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1ODQvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi1zZWJhc3RpYW4tYnJhbnRzLXNoaXAtb2YtZm9vbHMtd2l0aC13b29kY3V0LWlsbHVzdHJhdGlvbi1vZi1jcm93ZGVkLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/487/jpg "[Title page of Sebastian Brant's \"Ship of Fools\" with woodcut illustration of crowded ship: Nauis stultorum]")
![[Aesop's fables. German]Vita et Fabulae.[Augsburg, Anton Sorg, ca. 1479]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0NzkvMDEvMDEvYWVzb3BzLWZhYmxlcy1nZXJtYW52aXRhLWV0LWZhYnVsYWVhdWdzYnVyZy1hbnRvbi1zb3JnLWNhLTE0NzktMTY1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "[Aesop's fables. German]Vita et Fabulae.[Augsburg, Anton Sorg, ca. 1479]")
![[Title page of Sebastian Brant's "Ship of Fools" with woodcut illustration of crowded ship: Der Stotten Schip]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1NDgvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi1zZWJhc3RpYW4tYnJhbnRzLXNoaXAtb2YtZm9vbHMtd2l0aC13b29kY3V0LWlsbHVzdHJhdGlvbi1vZi1jcm93ZGVkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "[Title page of Sebastian Brant's \"Ship of Fools\" with woodcut illustration of crowded ship: Der Stotten Schip]")
![[The torpedo steamship Eser-i Nusret]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXRvcnBlZG8tc3RlYW1zaGlwLWVzZXItaS1udXNyZXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/34/webp "[The torpedo steamship Eser-i Nusret]")
![[Title page with sailing ship, starboard view]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MjQvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS13aXRoLXNhaWxpbmctc2hpcC1zdGFyYm9hcmQtdmlldy02NDAuanBn/40/67/webp "[Title page with sailing ship, starboard view]")
![[Title page illus. with scenes of piratical barbarity]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NzgvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1pbGx1cy13aXRoLXNjZW5lcy1vZi1waXJhdGljYWwtYmFyYmFyaXR5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "[Title page illus. with scenes of piratical barbarity]")
![[Navy crewmen on the deck of a ship]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDEvbmF2eS1jcmV3bWVuLW9uLXRoZS1kZWNrLW9mLWEtc2hpcC0xMDZhODctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "[Navy crewmen on the deck of a ship]")
![[Illustrated Civil War "Union Envelopes": portrait of John Cabell Breckinridge labelled "Traitor]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0ZWQtY2l2aWwtd2FyLXVuaW9uLWVudmVsb3Blcy1wb3J0cmFpdC1vZi1qb2huLWNhYmVsbC1icmVja2lucmlkZ2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Illustrated Civil War \"Union Envelopes\": portrait of John Cabell Breckinridge labelled \"Traitor]")
