Merchant ship attacked by Chinese piratesChinese pirates attacking a European merchant ship, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00135Dutch East India House in Amsterdam, showing warehouses and shipyard. Hand-colored woodcut
EXPL2A-00146Marco Polo welcomed at the court of Kublai Khan in China, 1200s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration
Hebrew traders in a Phoenician seaportKing Solomons ships unloading goods to trade with Phoenicians. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Portuguese caravelsCaravels, from " Libre de cololat tractat dels fet maritims, " Portugal, 1502. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00209Dutch East India Company warehouses in Amsterdam, 1600s or 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an antique print
EXPL2A-00094Ships of Marco Polo on the Mediterranean Sea, 1300s. Hand-colored woodcut
PASI2A-00004Marco Polo transported in Kublai Khans elephant car during visit to China, 1200s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier engraving
HOUS2D-00003Spices of historical significance: nutmeg, green cardamon pods, coriander, and allspice (counterclockwise from front left). Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00002Spices of historical significance: green cardamom pods, coriander, allspice, and nutmeg (counterclockwise from front left). Digital photograph
EXPL2A-00107Ships in busy Lisbon harbor, circa 1600. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century reproduction of the original illustration from DeBry
EXPL2A-00020Ships of Ferdinand Magellan rounding Tierra del Fuego to circumnavigate the earth 1519 to 1521. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00018Columbus showing a map to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00009Three ships of Columbus approaching the New World, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Columbus first sighting the New WorldColumbus getting his first sight of the New World from the deck of the Santa Maria, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00001Christopher Columbus promoting his ideas before the Council at Salamanca. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00147World map after the disoveries of Columbus and Balboa, showing the prevalent idea that South America was attached to Asia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00075Trade caravans on the Silk Road, the great highway of Central Asia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00049Transporting merchandise on the great Silk Road in the Middle Ages. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration
BUSN2A-00048Camel caravan loaded with goods. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
India coast, 1459The Malabar coast of India, from Fra Mauros map, 1459 (south is at the top). Digitally colored woodcut reproduction
EXPL2A-00096Trade 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
EXPL2A-00209Henry Hudsons ship " Half Moon" arriving at Manhattan Island, 1609. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00213Henry Hudsons attack on a Native American village on the Atlantic coast, 1609. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00010Columbus expedition coasting along the northern shore of Cuba. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL3A-00008Columbus watching for land from the deck of the caravel Santa Maria, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00067Departure of Columbuss first expedition from Palos, Spain, 1492. Printed color lithograph of a painting by Ricardo Balaca
EXPL2A-00032Christopher Columbus studying a map in his studio in Spain 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00148New World geography according to a mapmaker of 1540. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00127Front of the old British East India House. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
