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Why/how did some diseases receive names which sound like peoples' (last) names? (i.e., Crohn's, Parkinson's)

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On August 16th 1706, the Franco-Spanish fleet bound for Charleston sailed northwest to Saint Augustine along the way, where “a Dutch sloop separates the 72-gun Brillante.” What would a Dutch vessel be doing so far away from the closest major Dutch colonies (Aruba, Curacao)?

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Who were the people and the ships involved in this naval skirmish?

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Why did Spanish privateer ships operating around Cuba in the early 1700's allow blacks and natives to join their crews?

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(Queen Anne’s War) Was the uprising against the growing French influence over Spanish affairs in Havana instigated because the uprisers were pro-Habsburg Spaniards living in Bourbon Spanish territory?

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Military and Naval history about the Queen Anne's War in the Caribbean islands such as the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola?

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How is it that HMS Pearl, a 5th rate frigate of 42 guns, weighed 550 tons, while the Queen Anne’s revenge, another frigate that had 2 guns less than the Pearl, weighed only 200 tons?

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What would be the kill radius and maximum effective blast radius of a shrapnel grenade used in the Golden Age of piracy?

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What were the types of fighting men that the British royal navy would have in the early 1710's, and what were they equipped with?

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Why are these men all over the masts of the tall ships in this painting?

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Why/how did some diseases receive names which sound like peoples' (last) names? (i.e., Crohn's, Parkinson's)	3	AskHistorians
On August 16th 1706, the Franco-Spanish fleet bound for Charleston sailed northwest to Saint Augustine along the way, where “a Dutch sloop separates the 72-gun Brillante.” What would a Dutch vessel be doing so far away from the closest major Dutch colonies (Aruba, Curacao)?	3	AskHistorians
Who were the people and the ships involved in this naval skirmish?	3	AskHistorians
Why did Spanish privateer ships operating around Cuba in the early 1700's allow blacks and natives to join their crews?	3	AskHistorians
(Queen Anne’s War) Was the uprising against the growing French influence over Spanish affairs in Havana instigated because the uprisers were pro-Habsburg Spaniards living in Bourbon Spanish territory?	3	AskHistorians
Military and Naval history about the Queen Anne's War in the Caribbean islands such as the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola?	3	AskHistorians
How is it that HMS Pearl, a 5th rate frigate of 42 guns, weighed 550 tons, while the Queen Anne’s revenge, another frigate that had 2 guns less than the Pearl, weighed only 200 tons?	3	AskHistorians
What would be the kill radius and maximum effective blast radius of a shrapnel grenade used in the Golden Age of piracy?	3	AskHistorians
What were the types of fighting men that the British royal navy would have in the early 1710's, and what were they equipped with?	3	AskHistorians
Why are these men all over the masts of the tall ships in this painting?	3	AskHistorians