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Monument for Jacob van Heemskerck in the Old Church in Amsterdam, 1607
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Monument or memorial tablet for Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck in the Old Church in Amsterdam. Fallen during the naval battle between the States and Spanish fleets in the bay of Gibraltar on April 25, 1607 and buried on June 8, 1607. Memorial tablet with text in Latin and a two-line verse in Dutch. At the bottom, a depiction of the naval battle at Gibraltar.
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Credit lineGrafmonument voor Jacob van Heemskerck in de Oude Kerk te Amsterdam, 1607. 1607 - 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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