Images Dated 15th December 2011

Battle of Lepanto

"Vintage engraving from 1876 showing the plan of action from the Battle of Lepanto. The Battle of Lepanto took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Patras, off western Greece."

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Black and white illustration of hands tying up a piece of string around dried hydrangea flower wrapped in tissue paper (storing dried flowers)

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Black and white illustration of hand placing flower heads, wired or with short stalks, on bed of silica gel crystals (drying flowers using desiccant)

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