Cover illustration: Tableau des pavillons ou Bannières que la pluspart des nations arborent à la mer [Table of the flags or banners that most nations fly at sea]. Made at the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine by order of Mr. de Machault, Keeper of the Seals of France. 1756: Bibliothèque nationale de France, RESERVE QB-201 (171)-FT 5 [Hennin, 8827]. © BnF
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