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16th Century Collection (page 4)

Background image16th Century Collection: St. Bartholomews Day Massacre of French Huguenots, 1572

St. Bartholomews Day Massacre of French Huguenots, 1572
Assassination of Coligny and other Huguenots on Saint Bartholomews Day, Paris, 1572. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00065

EXPL2A-00065
World map of the flat earth printed by Beatus Rhenanus Bildaus Rheinau early 1500s - North is left, Mediterranean Sea middle Printed color lithograph reproduction 19th century

Background image16th Century Collection: Itinerant actors performing in an inn yard, Elizabethan England

Itinerant actors performing in an inn yard, Elizabethan England
Theater of the Elizabethan Strollers in an inn yard. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Pizarro capturing Inca stronghold in Peru, 1533

Pizarro capturing Inca stronghold in Peru, 1533
Pizarros assault on the Inca fortress of Sacsahuaman, Peru, 1533. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Spanish Armadas route in 1588

Spanish Armadas route in 1588
Chart of the Spanish Armadas course, 1588. Hand-colored engraving

Background image16th Century Collection: Map of part of DeSotos route, 1500s

Map of part of DeSotos route, 1500s
Eastern portion of De Sotos route across southeastern North America, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 1593 illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00155

EXPL2A-00155
Mistreatment of natives used as slaves by the Spanish in Mexico, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00154

EXPL2A-00154
Natives working in the Spanish mines of Mexico. Hand-colored woodcut of a DeBry engraving

Background image16th Century Collection: PEXP2A-00118

PEXP2A-00118
Bartolome de Las Casas, Spanish missionary and New World historian. Hand-colored woodcut

Background image16th Century Collection: PLAT2A-00003

PLAT2A-00003
Aztec emperor Montezuma II. Hand-colored woodcut

Background image16th Century Collection: Patagonian as described by early explorers, 1500s

Patagonian as described by early explorers, 1500s
Quoniambec, a Patagonia native described as a giant by explorers. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: PLAT2A-00015

PLAT2A-00015
Atahualpa, last Inca king of Peru. Hand-colored woodcut

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00301

EXPL2A-00301
Spanish invaders attacked by the Aztecs in Tenochtitlan during La Noche Triste, 1520. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00367

EXPL2A-00367
Hernando Cortes met by Toltec dignitaries on arriving in Teotihuacan with his army, Mexico, 1519. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Account of Pizarros conquest of Peru, 1535

Account of Pizarros conquest of Peru, 1535
Title page of Xeres account of the conquest of Peru, 1535. Document

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00376

EXPL2A-00376
Native house on Hispaniola, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction from Oviedo, edition of 1547

Background image16th Century Collection: PLIT2A-00031

PLIT2A-00031
William Shakespeare writing in his study. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century 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 image16th Century Collection: NATL2A-00028

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

Background image16th Century Collection: Fashions of Naples, 16th century

Fashions of Naples, 16th century
Lady carried in a palanquin in Naples, Italy, 1580s. Antique hand-colored print

Background image16th Century Collection: Magellan sails around South America to circumnavigate the earth

Magellan sails around South America to circumnavigate the earth
Magellan passing through his Strait to sail around South America on his circumnavigation of the earth, 1519-1522. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00187

EXPL2A-00187
Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto landing his expedition in Florida, 1539. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Cologne, Germany, 1531

Cologne, Germany, 1531
City of Cologne on the Rhine in the 16th century. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00220

EXPL2A-00220
John Whites map of the Virginia and Carolina coast where Roanoke Colony was located, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century reproduction engraving

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00233

EXPL2A-00233
Cartiers ships leaving St. Malo, France, to sail for North America, 1530s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00239

EXPL2A-00239
First map of the Strait of Magellan from Magellans circumnavigation of the earth in 1519 showing north at the bottom. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Pigafettas 16th century map

Background image16th Century Collection: Balboa expeditions canoes on the Pacific, 1513

Balboa expeditions canoes on the Pacific, 1513
Balboas first embarkation on the Pacific Ocean (South Sea), 1513. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00240

EXPL2A-00240
Ship " Victoria, " one of Magellans fleet which circumnavigated the earth, 1519-1520. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Portuguese traders in India and Ceylon, 1500

Portuguese traders in India and Ceylon, 1500
Calcutta and the southern coast of India, from Juan de la Cosas map, 1500. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00264

EXPL2A-00264
De Soto greeted by native Cofitachequi queen in Carolina, circa 1540. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00273

EXPL2A-00273
Hernando Cortes returning to Toledo, Spain, celebrated for his conquest of Aztec Mexico, 1520s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Mexico at the time of Cortes, 1500s

Mexico at the time of Cortes, 1500s
Map of Cortes landing area in Mexico, 1519. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Dutch soldier armed with an arquebus

Dutch soldier armed with an arquebus
Dutch soldier carrying an arquebus, 1500s or 1600s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 17th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: GEUR2A-00104

GEUR2A-00104
University of Padua students and a farm woman bringing produce for sale, Italy, 1580s. Antique hand-colored print

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00369

EXPL2A-00369
Burial of Hernando DeSoto in the Mississippi River to keep his death secret from hostile Native Americans, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: PEXP2A-00016

PEXP2A-00016
Spanish conquistador and explorer Hernando Cortes. Hand-colored engraving from an edition of Solis published in 1715

Background image16th Century Collection: PEXP2A-00035

PEXP2A-00035
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: PEXP2A-00083

PEXP2A-00083
Juan Ponce de Leon portrait. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Charles V and Pope Clement VIII entering Bologna

Charles V and Pope Clement VIII entering Bologna
Entry of Emperor Charles V and Pope Clement VIII into Bologna. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: PEXP2A-00054

PEXP2A-00054
Hernando De Soto portrait. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Chained books in a Dutch library

Chained books in a Dutch library
University of Leiden library, where all the books were chained in place, 1500s -1600s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 17th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Early depiction of Brazil in the Age of Discovery

Early depiction of Brazil in the Age of Discovery
Brazil coast, natives, and New World flora and fauna as known in 1586. Hand-colored woodcut from De Lery

Background image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00107

EXPL2A-00107
Ships in busy Lisbon harbor, circa 1600. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century reproduction of the original illustration from DeBry

Background image16th Century 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 image16th Century Collection: EXPL2A-00020

EXPL2A-00020
Ships of Ferdinand Magellan rounding Tierra del Fuego to circumnavigate the earth 1519 to 1521. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Early map of the New World, 1513

Early map of the New World, 1513
Tabula Terre Nove 1513: the Admirals Map of the Caribbean and Terra Incognita (unknown lands). Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background image16th Century Collection: NATI2A-00112

NATI2A-00112
Native American man and woman eating from a basket, Raleighs Colony, 1585. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a John White illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Cookpot of Virginia natives, 1500s

Cookpot of Virginia natives, 1500s
Native American cookpot, Virginia Colony, 1585. Hand-colored woodcut of a 16th-century John White drawing



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