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Flourished c.1301 - c.1400
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Carlo Zeno
Venetian admiral
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Vettore Pisani
Venetian admiral
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Vitale II Michiel
doge of Venice
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Pietro Loredan
Venetian admiral
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Adelaer
Norwegian naval officer
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Sokollu Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Andrea Doria, detail of a portrait by Sebastiano del Piombo; in the Doria Palace, Rome.
Andrea Doria
Genoese statesman
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Niccolò Piccinino
Italian mercenary
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Benedetto Zaccaria
Genoese leader
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Agnello Parteciaco
doge of Venice
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Enrico Dandolo
doge of Venice
Foscari, portrait panel by Bastiani Lassaro, c. 1460; in the Musei Civici, Venice
Francesco Foscari
doge of Venice
Falier, portrait attributed to the School of Tintoretto; in the Doges' Palace, Venice
Marin Falier
doge of Venice
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Francesco Morosini
Italian military leader
Portrait of Sir Francis Drake with a lace ruff collar, mustache, and short curly hair, painted in oil on panel. The background includes his name in gold lettering.
Sir Francis Drake
English admiral
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Köprülü Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman grand vizier
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Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Sir John Hawkins
Sir John Hawkins
English naval commander
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Charles Rigault de Genouilly
French admiral
Tran Hung Dao
Tran Hung Dao
Vietnamese military leader