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 ==== Hr. Ms. Abraham Crijnssen ==== ==== Hr. Ms. Abraham Crijnssen ====
-During the Japanese attack on the United States, Hr. Ms. Abraham Crijnssen was stationed in Dutch East Indies waters. After receiving orders to withdraw to Australia, the ship was fitted with camouflage to disguise it as a section of one of the Pacific islands to avoid detection by Japanese aircraft. After successfully reaching Australian waters in 1942, the ship was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (as HMAS "Abraham Crijnssen"), where she served as an escort carrier. [([[https://www.tracesofwar.com/articles/2728/Escape-of-Hr-Ms-Abraham-Crijnssen.htm|Traces of War]])]+During the Japanese attack on the United States, Hr. Ms. Abraham Crijnssen was stationed in Dutch East Indies waters. After receiving orders to withdraw to Australia, the ship was fitted with camouflage to disguise it as a section of one of the Pacific islands to avoid detection by Japanese aircraft. After successfully reaching Australian waters in 1942, the ship was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (as HMAS "Abraham Crijnssen"), where it served as an escort carrier. [([[https://www.tracesofwar.com/articles/2728/Escape-of-Hr-Ms-Abraham-Crijnssen.htm|Traces of War]])]
  
 ==== Portraying the churches ==== ==== Portraying the churches ====
-Pieter Jansz Saenredam was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known as the portraitist of churches. Saenredam painted architecture, he was particularly interested in church interiors. His favorite church was the church of St. Bavon in Haarlem, where he was buried; he also painted in Utrecht, Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Rhenenand Assendelft. He was able to render with pedantry the minutest architectural details of the depicted buildings. [([[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pieter-Saenredam|Britannica]])]+Pieter Jansz Saenredam was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known as the portraitist of churches. Saenredam painted architecture, and he was particularly interested in church interiors. His favorite church was the church of St. Bavon in Haarlem, where he was buried; he also painted in Utrecht, Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Rhenen and Assendelft. He was able to render with pedantry the minutest architectural details of the depicted buildings. [([[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pieter-Saenredam|Britannica]])]
  
  
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