16th Century Gallery
Available as Framed Prints, Photos, Wall Art and Gift Items
Choose from 334 pictures in our 16th Century collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. Popular choices include Framed Prints, Canvas Prints, Posters and Jigsaw Puzzles. All professionally made for quick delivery.

EXPL2A-00268
Magellan's ships at Mactan, an island in the Philippines, where Magellan was killed in a battle with natives, 1521.
Hand-colored 19th-century halftone reproduction of a 16th-century engraving
© North Wind Picture Archives
1500s, 1521, 16th Century, Antonio Pigafetta, Art, Asia, Battle, Circumnavigation, Death, Discover, Expedition, Exploration, Explore, Ferdinand Magellan, Fernao De Magalhaes, Historic, History, Illustration, Journey, Mactan, Magalhaes, Magallanes, Magellan, Maritime, Native, Navigate, Navigation, Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Pigafetta, Portuguese, Ship, Travel, Vintage, Voyage

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
© North Wind Picture Archives
1500s, 1542, 16th Century, American, Art, Burial, Bury, Ceremony, Coffin, Colonial, Colony, Conquest, Conquistador, De Soto, Death, Discover, Expedition, Exploration, Explore, Funeral, Hernando De Soto, Historic, History, Illustration, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Moon Light, New Spain, New World, Night, North America, Ritual, River, Secret, Spanish, Torch, United States, Us A, Vintage

PEXP2D-00019
Statue of Joao Rodrigues Cabrillo overlooking San Diego harbor, a Portuguese explorer who discovered California while sailing for Spain.
Digital photograph of a memorial statue
© N.Carter/North Wind Picture Archives
1500s, 1542, 16th Century, American, Cabrilho, Cabrillo, Cabrillo National Monument, California, Colony, Conquistador, Explorer, Historic, Historic Site, History, Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Memorial, Monument, National Park Service, Navigator, New Spain, North America, Pacific Ocean, Pioneer, Portuguese, San Diego, Sculpture, Spanish, Statue, United States, Us A, Vintage