#auguste mayer

[beammeupplease]

Auguste Mayer.

[diemelusine]

Taking of the rock Le Diamant near Martinique (1837) by Auguste Étienne François Mayer. Château de Versailles.

[marryat92]

I have before observed that a man’s courage much depends upon his worldly means or prospects. A man who has much to lose, whatever the property may consist of, will be less inclined to fight than another whose whole capital consists of a “light heart and a thin pair of breeches.”

— Frederick Marryat, Newton Forster

Combat glorieux du vaisseau le Bucentaure contre trois vaisseaux anglais, 21 octobre 1805 (detail), by Auguste Mayer

[historyontheorientexpress]

Sultan II. Mahmud Beyazıt Camii’nden ayrılırken. Ressam: Auguste Mayer

[ltwilliammowett]

Naval Battle of Episcopia, 1323 by Auguste Mayer 1838 

The knights of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem had snatched the island from the Turks, who now wanted to reclaim their former possessions. Amadeo V. Count of Savoy (Italy) came to the aid of the Knights with a large fleet and defeated the Turkish attack.

[wrathofgnon]

“Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.” — Robert A. Heinlein