Philipp Melanchthon, German theologian
Martin Luther, German theologian
Simon Grynaeus, German theologian
John Colet, English humanist theologian
James Ussher, Irish theologian and cleric
Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Jesuits
John Knox, Scottish theologian
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch theologian
John Knox, Scottish reformation clergyman
John Colet, English humanist
Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist
John Calvin, French theologian
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist
Heinrich Agrippa, German alchemist
Girolamo Savonarola, Italian priest
1650's Portrait Pierre Belon Naturalist
Gian Vincenzo Pinelli, Italian humanist
Andreas Vesalius, Dutch anatomist
Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist
Petrus Bertius, Flemish cartographer
1565 John Knox Scottish Presbyterian
Joachim Camerarius, German scholar
Leonhard Thurneisser, German physician
William I, Prince of Orange
1566 Guillame Rondelet Portrait naturalis
Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher
Oronce Fine, French cartographer
Konrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist
Albertus Magnus, German theologian
Johannes Trithemius, German polymath
Sebastian Munster, German cartographer
Francis Bacon, English philosopher
Sir Thomas More, English statesman
Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer
Jan Hus, Czech religious reformer
John Wycliffe, English theologian
Henry VIII, King of England
Mary I, Queen of England and Ireland
Letter written by Vasco da Gama, 1500s
Johannes Kepler's birthplace
Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist
Sir Walter Raleigh, English explorer
Robert Boyle, Irish chemist
John Locke, English philosopher
Rudolph Snellius, Dutch mathematician
Francis Drake, English explorer
Sebastain Munster, German cartographer
Nicholas Kratzer, German astronomer
Robert Estienne, French printer
Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc, astronomer
Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian humanist
European in the Americas, 16th century
Humanist scholars in debate, 16th century
Tycho Brahe's Astronomical Instruments title page
Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer
Leonardo da Vinci
Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect
Jacopo Barozzi Da Vignola, Italian architect
Kent artillery fort, 16th century
Pietro Giannone, Italian historian
Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician
Janos Zsamboky, Hungarian humanist
Raffaellino del Garbo, Italian painter
1620 Ludovic Stewart Duke Richmond Maine
Guillaume Philandrier, French humanist
Cornelius Valerius, Dutch humanist
Death of Inca ruler Atahualpa, 1533
King Henry VIII of England
Native American dance, 16th century
Roger Bacon, English natural philosopher
Egyptian obelisks, 16th century
Gerardus Mercator, Dutch cartographer
John Napier, Scottish mathematician
Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar
Otto von Guericke, German engineer
Durer's, St Jerome in his study.
1665 Johan Nieuhoff Explorer Portrait
Harriot's 1631 book on algebra
Richard Bentley, English scholar
Ulrik Huber, Dutch jurist
Giambattista della Porta Italian polymath
William Harvey, English physician
Joseph Scaliger, French religious scholar
Charles de l'Ecluse, Flemish botanist
Death playing a drum, 19th C illustration
Christophe Plantin, French printer
Johannes Stabius, Austrian cartographer
Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher
William Whewell, English polymath
17th-century rock inscription, New Mexico
Saint Albertus Magnus, German philosopher
Niccolo Tribolo, Italian sculptor and architect
Melampulach, Arab physician
Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Italian lawyer
Rhubarb cultivation, 16th century
John Dryden, English poet and playwright
Father of Albrecht Durer.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Birthplace of Copernicus, Poland
Bronze statue of Mercury
Daniel Heinsius, Dutch poet and scholar
Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist
Thomas Bodley, English diplomat
Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist
Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian printer
Title page of Politiae literariae, 1540
Medieval comic poem, 16th century
Title page of Leeuwenhoek's Arcana naturae detecta
Title page of Isaac Newton's 'Principia'
Title page of Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, 1632
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician
Denis Papin, French physicist
Magdeburg vacuum experiment, 1650s
Nicolas Lemery, French pharmacist
Joseph Addison, English essayist
Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
Martin Luther
Ulrich Zwingli, Swiss priest and theologian
Chapel of Bones, Evora, Portugal
Ismail I, Shah of Persia
Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan
Pietro Bembo, Italian scholar
Abyssinian priest, historical artwork
St. Augustine in his Study
Native American chiefs, 16th century
The Spanish Armada, 1588
Dioscorides, Ancient Greek physician
Native American ceremony, 16th century
Christian Wolff, German philosopher
Samuel Pufendorf, German jurist
Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Poland
1598 Spanish Cruelties in the new world
Bonaventura Vulcanius, Dutch humanist
William Shakespeare, English playwright
17th Century chemist, artwork
Rene Descartes, French mathematician
1683 Copernicus Universe early print
Tlaltecuhtli, Aztec deity
Geber, Islamic Spanish alchemist
Leonardo Da Vinci's water lifting devices
Early form of magic lantern, 17th century
Melchior Cibinensis, Hungarian alchemist
Fludd's wind diagram
Native American chief, 16th century
Henry Howard.
Tycho Brahe' s De mundi aetherei recentioribus phaenomenis
Northern hemisphere map, 16th Century
Nicolas Copernicus, Polish astronomer
Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian writer
John Selden, English humanist polymath
1532 A war machine in the form of a horse
1607 Manticore or Mantichore monster
Historical illustration of distillation
Project Excelsior, historical image
Martyrdom of John Hooper, 1555
The seven works of mercy, 16th century painting
Malleus Maleficarum, 1520 edition
Global maritime map, 16th century
Surveying methods, 16th century
The Dance of Death, 16th century
1532 Portrait Military author Vegetalius
Native American village, 16th century
Native Americans cooking, 16th century
Air pressure experiment, 1648
Nostradamus statue, France
1532 A medieval dive helmet aqualung