My only nitpick regards the Cicilian Pirates card and the anachronistic map on it. How about taking a nice sculpted relief of galleys and use that instead?
I most like the fact that graphics is put in the lower part of card. I have done the same for my CDG, either.
Helps a lot with reading whole hand of cards. I was always wondering why so many boardgamedesigners create cards with graphics in the upper part, while it disturb reading a hand.