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The Brown Bess Flintlock Musket came in 3 sizes - Long Land pattern 1720 - 1760, Short land 1760 - 1790 and India Pattern 1790 - 1815. The barrel lengths were 46" 42" and 39" respectively.

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Investopedia / Lara Antal Dutch disease is an economic term for the negative consequences that can arise from a spike in the value of a nation’s currency. It is primarily associated with the new ...

Early matchlock guns are extremely rare. The matchlock shown here was made around 1640, and is typical of the muskets used by militia in Colonial America. 1498 - Rifling principle is discovered.

Hundreds of years before multi-cookers were invented, Dutch ovens were the original kitchen workhorses. Renowned for their versatility and durability, Dutch ovens are thick-walled cooking pots ...

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Flax and timber merchants based in Sydney began trading in the early 1800s with Māori in the Bay of Islands, with the exchange of goods being the European musket. The musket, a long-barrelled ...

Learn more Ask any chef what their go-to cooking pot is, and they'll likely give you the same answer: a Dutch oven. "I think every kitchen should have at least one Dutch oven," says Roger Sitrin ...

Black Lives Matter protests have broken out. And now the Dutch parliament has backed a petition by three teenage women requesting the addition of racism to the school curriculum. Winds of change ...

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