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Cornaro and Venetian Cyprus

Queen Charlotte.

Charlotte before the Pope.

Queen Catherine Cornaro.

View of Grand Canal in Venice.

Venetian galley. 150 ft. long.

Venetian Carrack, 100 ft. long with 28 guns.

A Doge.

Catherine's departure from Venice.

Catherine being told to leave Cyprus by her brother.

Asolo, where Catherine "retired".

The church in Venice where Catherine in buried.

Catherine's funerary monument.

Venetian govenors palace in Famagusta.

Ottoman attack on Rhodes.

Repairs to fortifications in Rhodes after Ottoman attack.

Knights of Rhodes counter attack.

Ottomans breaking camp and leaving Rhodes. (note ruined defences.