Images Dated 3rd February 2006

Apollo 17 astronaut

Apollo 17 astronaut. US astronaut and geologist Dr Harrison Schmitt exploring the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon, as part of NASA's Apollo 17 mission. He landed on the Moon on 11 December 1972, with mission commander Eugene Cernan. They spent 75 hours on the surface. Ron Evans remained in orbit in the command module. Dr Schmitt is the only scientist to have landed on the Moon. Apollo 17 was the last Apollo mission, and Schmitt and Cernan are the last people to have walked on the Moon. A total of 12 US astronauts walked on the Moon during the eleven manned Apollo missions, from 1968-1972

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Thomas Macdonough American 1783-1825 Naval Officer During War Of 1812. Won Battle Of Plattsburg

Thomas Macdonough American 1783-1825 Naval Officer During War Of 1812. Won Battle Of Plattsburg (Or Lake Champlain) Against The British. From Painting By Alonzo Chappel

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Piet Cronje, Boer leader and soldier, surrendering to Lord Roberts, Paardeberg, 1900. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II

Piet Cronje, Boer leader and soldier, surrendering to Lord Roberts, Paardeberg, South Africa, 1900. Cronje (1835-1911) fought against the British in the 1st Boer War and defeated the Jameson raiders at Krugersdorp, on 29 December 1895. In the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902) he defeated the British at Magersfontein on 11 December 1899. After his surrender to the British Cronje was imprisoned on the island of St Helena until the end of the war

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