SHIP OF FOOLS, 1570.
BRANT: SHIP OF FOOLS.
SPANISH SHIP, 1496.
Woodcut illustration from a 15th century edition of 'Das Narrenschiff' (The Ship of Fools).
CARAVEL: LATEEN-SAIL, 1493.
CARAVEL: LATEEN-SAIL, 1486.
VITA DI SANCTI PADRI, c1500.
NOAH'S ARK UPON THE WATER.
NOAH'S ARK./nThe dove returns to the ark
FRANCE, PARIS, 1493.
ENGLAND: ELIZABETHAN SHIP.
TYCHO BRAHE: A NEW STAR.
AMERIGO VESPUCCI, 1505.
AESOP: FISHERMEN, c1477.
THE VIEW OF UTOPIA.
LANCELOT AT A TOURNAMENT
MAITRE PIERRE PATHELIN.
VENICE: HARBOR, c1500.
JOHN SMITH TITLE PAGE, 1608.
CARAVEL, 1502.
VERVAIN.
CARTOUCHES, 1534.
ARIOSTO: ORLANDO FURIOSO.
ITALY: VENICE, 1486.
ITALY: FLORENCE, c1500.
SYMBOLIC SHIP OF CHURCH.
PRINTER'S DEVICE, 1510.
SEA SERPENT, 1555.
MAINZ, GERMANY.
SEA MONSTER, 1555.
INITIAL 'N', c1520.
LYONS, FRANCE, 1493.
ITALY: VENICE, 1490.
RAPHAEL HOLINSHED (d. c1580).
KING ENTHRONED, 1494.
VIEW OF GRANADA, 1548.
HANS HOLBEIN: SAILOR, 1538.
TREE OF LIFE.
NOVA BRITANNIA, 1609.
OBSTETRICAL CHAIR, 1513.
PHYSIOGNOMY, 1637.
NAVIGATOR, 1523.
CARTOUCHES, 1536.
JERUSALEM: TEMPLE, 1493.
ITALY: RAVENNA, 1493.
WITCHCRAFT, 1584.
VARIETIES OF CORN
BOOK OF MARCO POLO, 1503.
BARNACLE GEESE MYTH.
STEVIN: WEEGHDAET, 1586.
SPENSER: FAERIE QUEENE.
BIRTH OF EVE.
VENICE: DUCAL PALACE, 1480.
MEDITERRANEAN SEA, 1483.
AGONY IN THE GARDEN.
LISBON, 1548.
BOCCACCIO's 'DECAMERON'.
MARGARET OF NAVARRE
DANTE: INFERNO.
SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE
ZODIAC: CANCER, 1482.
HARBOR OF GENOA, 1493.
MAP OF THE NEW WORLD, 1544.
SPANISH ARMADA, 1588.
SCRIBE, 1500.
BOTANY: CORN, 1597.
BOTANY: SWEET POTATO, 1597.
CORN (ZEA MAYS), 1542.
BOTANY: FOXGLOVE, 1597.
THE COMMON WILLOW TREE.
BOTANY: DATE PALM, 1597.
DATE PALM, 1597.
DATE PALM, 1579.
BOTANY: TOBACCO, 1576.
CULTIVATED OLIVE TREE.
BOTANY: GINGER.
HOLLY, 1597.
TARRAGON.
HEMLOCK.
BOTANY: SUNFLOWER, 1597.
BOTANY: MALE MANDRAKE.
CARTOUCHES, 1572.
CARTOUCHES, 1544.
HELL: LUCIFER AND SATAN.
SAINT ANDREW.
CORTES LETTER, 1522.
JOHN HEYWOOD (1497-1580).
HANS SACHS (1494-1576).
Page from the "Arcadia" by Jacopo Sannazaro
NUREMBERG, 1493.
VASCO da GAMA: FLEET.
AZORES: BATTLE, 1582.
SEA MONSTERS, 1516.
MEDIEVAL EARTHQUAKE, 1550.
MEDIEVAL CHURCH.
FALL OF JERUSALEM
MARLOWE'S DOCTOR FAUSTUS.
CHAUCER.
THE YEOMAN, 1484.
THE PHYSIC GARDEN, 1531.
ALEXANDRIA, 1493.
ZODIAC: PISCES, 1482.
COMET, 1556.
Title page from 'Arte De La Verdadera Navegacion'.
SPAIN: SHIP, c1500.
Pharmacopoeias.
A Badius hand operated screw press in action.
GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA
CORIOLANO: VIRGIN, c1640.
JAN HUS (c1369-1415).
TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, 1551.
BLOCK CUTTER, 1568.
GRIFFIN, 1482.
ALPHABET, 16th CENTURY.
DECORATIVE INITIAL: G.
PRINTER'S DEVICE, 1521.
BLACK PEPPER PLANT, 1578.
BOTANY: COTTON PLANT, 1579.
HEMP PLANT.
BOTANY: HORSE-RADISH.
BOTANY: THYME, 1485.
SCOTCH FIR, 1581.
BOTANY: RYE, 1579.
CARTOUCHE, 1529.
CARTOUCHES, 1588.
CARTOUCHE, 1551.
CARTOUCHES, 1537.
ROMBERCH: MEMORY, 1553.
PHYSIOGNOMY, c1658.
PHYSIOGNOMY, 1648.
BOTANY: CORN, 1556.
CACTUS: OPUNTIA, 1606.
CACTUS, 1606.
ASTRONOMY.
SPANISH INQUISITION, 1475.
WILLIAM CAXTON (c1421-1491).
CESARE BORGIA
BASILISK.
LORENZO GHIBERTI (1378-1455).
PIERO della FRANCESCA
ULRICH von HUTTEN (1488-1523).
Raphael and his beloved by Ugo da Carpi, 1480 - 1532
Rest on the Flight to Egypt, 1504 by Lucas Cranach the elder
JOHN II OF PORTUGAL.
GRIFFIN, 1533.
MYTHOLOGY: SIBYL.
MAGELLAN'S VITTORIA.
CARTOUCHES, 1545.
BOTANY: SEA LAVENDER.
MERMAID, 1491.
ENGLAND: WITCH, 1591.
WITCH BREWING UP STORM.
SPAIN: SHIP, 15th CENTURY.
METZ, FRANCE, 1493.
BUILDING OF NOAH'S ARK.
ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA
VERRAZZANO'S SHIP.
CABRAL: FLEET, 1500.
DEE: NAVIGATION, 1577.
COMETS, 1496.
ZODIAC: LIBRA, 1482.
BOAR HUNTING, 1486.
ROBINSON CRUSOE.
DOCTRINAL DE CABALLEROS.
ITALY: EARTHQUAKES, 1570.
MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE
WALDSEEMULLER: COSMOGRAPHIAE.
RABELAIS: GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL. Illustration of 'The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel' by Franτois Rabelais. Wood engraving, 1873, after Gustave DorΘ.
CALENDAR, 1570.
TITLE BORDER, 1573.
ITALY: MANTUA, 1493.
ITALY: PADUA, 1493.
ITALY: VERONA, 1493.
ACEPHALI MONSTER, 1563.