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Background imageSpice Trade 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 Trade Collection: Dutch East India House in Amsterdam

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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Marco Polo welcomed at the court of Kublai Khan in China

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

Background imageSpice Trade 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 imageSpice Trade Collection: Dutch East India Company warehouses in Amsterdam

Dutch East India Company warehouses in Amsterdam, 1600s or 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an antique print

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Christopher Columbus promoting his ideas before the Council at Salamanca

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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Trade caravans on the Silk Road

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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Hebrew traders in a Phoenician seaport

Hebrew traders in a Phoenician seaport
King Solomons ships unloading goods to trade with Phoenicians. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Ships of Marco Polo on the Mediterranean Sea

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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Marco Polo transported in Kublai Khans elephant car during visit to China

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 Trade Collection: Spices of historical significance: nutmeg

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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Spices of historical significance: green cardamom pods

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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Henry Hudsons ship ' Half Moon' arriving at Manhattan Island

Henry Hudsons ship " Half Moon" arriving at Manhattan Island, 1609. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Ships in busy Lisbon harbor, circa 1600

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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Ships of Ferdinand Magellan rounding Tierra del Fuego to circumnavigate

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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Columbus showing a map to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain

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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Three ships of Columbus approaching the New World

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

Background imageSpice Trade 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 imageSpice Trade Collection: Christopher Columbus studying a map in his studio in Spain 1400s

Christopher Columbus studying a map in his studio in Spain 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: World map after the disoveries of Columbus and Balboa

World 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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Transporting merchandise on the great Silk Road in the Middle Ages

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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Camel caravan loaded with goods

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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Front of the old British East India House

Front of the old British East India House. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: India coast, 1459

India coast, 1459
The Malabar coast of India, from Fra Mauros map, 1459 (south is at the top). Digitally colored woodcut reproduction

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Trade in a seaport of the Mediterranean about the time of Marco Polo

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

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Henry Hudsons attack on a Native American village on the Atlantic coast

Henry Hudsons attack on a Native American village on the Atlantic coast, 1609. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Columbus expedition coasting along the northern shore of Cuba

Columbus expedition coasting along the northern shore of Cuba. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: EXPL3A-00008

EXPL3A-00008
Columbus watching for land from the deck of the caravel Santa Maria, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: Departure of Columbuss first expedition from Palos

Departure of Columbuss first expedition from Palos, Spain, 1492. Printed color lithograph of a painting by Ricardo Balaca

Background imageSpice Trade Collection: New World geography according to a mapmaker of 1540

New World geography according to a mapmaker of 1540. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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