2-715-758 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Dunkirk', 1890. Disputed territory between Spain, the Netherlands, England and France in 16th century, Dunkirk wassold to France by Charles II for £320,000 in 1662. Commerce raiders and pirates made it their base, Jean Bart the most famous. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]