Title

Greek Triremes at the Battle of Salamis', 1890.

Caption

'Greek Triremes at the Battle of Salamis', 1890. Greek galleys at the Battle of Salamis, a naval battle fought between the Greeks under Themistocles and Persians under King Xerxes in 480 BC From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F22_036

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,4Mb (4,2Mb) / 18,8in x 12,5in / 5627 x 3750 (300dpi)

Keywords

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