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Baltimore clipper Ann McKim, drawing and lithograph by E. Armitage McCan

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9 Mind-Altering Plants

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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Causes of the Great Depression

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10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

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Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

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Baltimore clipper Ann McKim, drawing and lithograph by E. Armitage McCan

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Topics

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Key People

Donald McKay

American naval architect

John Willis Griffiths

American naval architect