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Background imageSpice Collection: Merchant ship attacked by Chinese pirates

Merchant ship attacked by Chinese pirates
Chinese pirates attacking a European merchant ship, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSpice Collection: BUSN2A-00135

BUSN2A-00135
Dutch East India House in Amsterdam, showing warehouses and shipyard. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageSpice Collection: EXPL2A-00146

EXPL2A-00146
Marco Polo welcomed at the court of Kublai Khan in China, 1200s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSpice Collection: EXPL2A-00094

EXPL2A-00094
Ships of Marco Polo on the Mediterranean Sea, 1300s. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageSpice Collection: PASI2A-00004

PASI2A-00004
Marco Polo transported in Kublai Khans elephant car during visit to China, 1200s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier engraving

Background imageSpice Collection: HOUS2D-00003

HOUS2D-00003
Spices of historical significance: nutmeg, green cardamon pods, coriander, and allspice (counterclockwise from front left). Digital photograph

Background imageSpice Collection: HOUS2D-00002

HOUS2D-00002
Spices of historical significance: green cardamom pods, coriander, allspice, and nutmeg (counterclockwise from front left). Digital photograph

Background imageSpice Collection: EXPL2A-00001

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

Background imageSpice Collection: BUSN2A-00075

BUSN2A-00075
Trade caravans on the Silk Road, the great highway of Central Asia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSpice Collection: BUSN2A-00049

BUSN2A-00049
Transporting merchandise on the great Silk Road in the Middle Ages. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Background imageSpice Collection: BUSN2A-00048

BUSN2A-00048
Camel caravan loaded with goods. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSpice Collection: EXPL2A-00096

EXPL2A-00096
Trade in a seaport of the Mediterranean about the time of Marco Polo. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century reproduction of a miniature in a 15th-century manuscript of the Travels of Marco Polo


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