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1400s Collection (page 2)

Background image1400s Collection: William Caxton, the first English printer

William Caxton, the first English printer
William Caxton examining his first proof sheet in Westminster Abbey, England, 1475. Printed reproduction of a color lithograph illustration

Background image1400s Collection: GEUR2A-00059

GEUR2A-00059
Portuguese capture of Ceuta, a Moorish stronghold in Morocco, 1415. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Spanish caravel

Spanish caravel tacking before the wind, from a drawing attributed to Columbus. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Portuguese caravels

Portuguese caravels
Caravels, from " Libre de cololat tractat dels fet maritims, " Portugal, 1502. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: PSCI2A-00076

PSCI2A-00076
Nicolaus Copernicus. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait

Background image1400s Collection: Tomas de Torquemada

Tomas de Torquemada, organizer of the Spanish Inquisition. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Ivan the Great

Ivan the Great
Ivan III, known as Ivan the Great, Grand Prince of Muscovy. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Charles the Bold and attendants

Charles the Bold and attendants
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (right), with his attendants, 1400s. Antique hand-colored print

Background image1400s Collection: NATI2D-00288

NATI2D-00288
Bear Creek Mound, a ceremonial platform mound built between 1200-1400 AD along the ancient Natchez Trace in northeastern Mississippi. Digital photograph

Background image1400s Collection: NATI2D-00509

NATI2D-00509
Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly, home of Na ashje ii Asdzau (Spider Woman) who taught the Navajo people to weave. Digital photograph

Background image1400s Collection: GMDE2A-00053

GMDE2A-00053
Victorious Turks entering Constantinople, making it the Ottoman Empire capital, 1453. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: New World natives in a rain forest

New World natives in a rain forest
Natives in a tropical rain forest in the New World. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: NATL2A-00026

NATL2A-00026
Incan Temple of the Sun in Cuzco, Peru, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an illustration as given in Montanus and in Ogilby

Background image1400s Collection: NATL2A-00028

NATL2A-00028
Aztec tzompantli, exhibiting skulls of sacrificed victims, Tenochtitlan. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: GEUR2A-00018

GEUR2A-00018
Brunelleschis dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral in Florence, Italy, built in the 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00203

EXPL2A-00203
Isabella, the settlement founded by Columbus on Hispaniola, 1493. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background image1400s Collection: Monk copying a medieval manuscript

Monk copying a medieval manuscript
Medieval copyist writing a manuscript on a sheet of vellum, 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of an earlier illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Apostle preaching Christianity, a medieval depiction

Apostle preaching Christianity, a medieval depiction
Preaching of the first missionary Apostles, as depicted in a 1402 tapestry. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the tapestry

Background image1400s Collection: PEXP2A-00089

PEXP2A-00089
Columbus having visions of a ship while traveling with his son from court to court. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: PROY2A-00086

PROY2A-00086
Moors surrender of Granada to Isabella and Ferdinand, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: PEXP2A-00062

PEXP2A-00062
Christopher Columbus. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: PPRT2A-00006

PPRT2A-00006
Gutenbergs printing press, Mainz, Germany, 1450s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: PPRT2A-00002

PPRT2A-00002
Johannes Gutenberg examining a proof. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00024

EXPL2A-00024
Map of the Atlantic with the New World coast, drawn in 1500 by Juan de la Cosa, Columbus pilot. Hand colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the original chart

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00018

EXPL2A-00018
Columbus showing a map to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00009

EXPL2A-00009
Three ships of Columbus approaching the New World, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Columbus first sighting the New World

Columbus first sighting the New World
Columbus getting his first sight of the New World from the deck of the Santa Maria, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00006

EXPL2A-00006
Columbuss hospitable reception by Guacanagari, Caribbean chief, after shipwreck of Santa Maria, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00004

EXPL2A-00004
Expedition of Christopher Columbus landing at Hispaniola, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00001

EXPL2A-00001
Christopher Columbus promoting his ideas before the Council at Salamanca. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00057

EXPL2A-00057
Columbus bringing gifts from the New World to Queen Isabella of Spain 1492. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00036

EXPL2A-00036
Wreck of Columbuss flagship Santa Maria on the coast of Hispaniola, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00066

EXPL2A-00066
Landing of Columbus expedition on the island of Guanahane in 1492. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century painting by Dioscoro Puebla

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00089

EXPL2A-00089
Caravel " Santa Maria, " the flagship of Columbus first voyage and which sank off Hispaniola in 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00070

EXPL2A-00070
Columbus greeted by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella upon his return to Spain from the New World. Color lithograph of a 19th-century painting by Ricardo Balaca

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00061

EXPL2A-00061
Ptolemys world map, circa 150 AD, from the edition of 1472. Color halftone reproduction of the first printed edition of 1472

Background image1400s Collection: EXPL2A-00055

EXPL2A-00055
First view of the New World by Columbus and his crew aboard the " Santa Maria, " 1492. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Columbus encountering an iguana

Columbus encountering an iguana when he was ashore in the New World. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: GGBR2A-00061

GGBR2A-00061
New College, Oxford, and its one hundred clerics, circa 1453. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 15th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Calais, France, under English rule, Hundred Years War

Calais, France, under English rule, Hundred Years War
Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, received as Captain of Calais on behalf of English King Henry V, 1414. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background image1400s Collection: English fleet sailing for France, Hundred Years War

English fleet sailing for France, Hundred Years War
Henry V sending English forces to battle in France, Hundred Years War, 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Scaling walls of a fort during the Hundred Years War

Scaling walls of a fort during the Hundred Years War
English soldiers scaling a fortress in Gascony, France, Hundred Years War. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Hundred Years War siege of a town in Burgundy

Hundred Years War siege of a town in Burgundy
Siege of town defended by the Burgundians under Charles VI, Hundred Years War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Hundred Years War siege of a French town

Hundred Years War siege of a French town
Siege of a town in France during the Hundred Years War. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Guienne reclaimed for France, Hundred Years War

Guienne reclaimed for France, Hundred Years War
Recovery of Aquitaine, or Guienne, by the French, Hundred Years War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: City of Bordeaux retaken by the French, Hundred Years War

City of Bordeaux retaken by the French, Hundred Years War
French army recaptures Bordeaux during the Hundred Years War, 1451. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: Surrender of a French town during the Hundred Years War

Surrender of a French town during the Hundred Years War
Alancon captured by the Duke d Alancon during the Hundred Years War, 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1400s Collection: PREL2A-00020

PREL2A-00020
Religious reformer Jan Hus burned at the stake, 1415. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration



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