Title page of Politiae literariae, 1540
Guillaume Philandrier, French humanist
Cornelius Valerius, Dutch humanist
Humanist scholars in debate, 16th century
Thomas More's 'Utopia' (1516)
Thomas More's 'Utopia' (1518)
Johannes Stabius, Austrian cartographer
Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
Janos Zsamboky, Hungarian humanist
Christophe Plantin, French printer
Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian humanist
John Colet, English humanist
Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian printer
Sir Thomas More, English statesman
Ismail I, Shah of Persia
Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Italian lawyer
Melampulach, Arab physician
Girolamo Savonarola, Italian priest
Pietro Bembo, Italian scholar
Abyssinian priest, historical artwork
Rhubarb cultivation, 16th century
African herbal tree, 16th century
Martyrdom of John Hooper, 1555
The Dance of Death, 16th century
Father of Albrecht Durer.
Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc, astronomer
Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher
1532 A war machine in the form of a horse
Caribbean millet brew, 16th century
European in the Americas, 16th century
South American cannibals, 16th century
John Colet, English humanist theologian
Gian Vincenzo Pinelli, Italian humanist
Simon Grynaeus, German theologian
Historical illustration of distillation
Pineapple, 16th century
Cassava plant, 16th century
South American tree, 16th century
Horse's skull, 16th century
Horse's hoof, 16th century
1532 A medieval dive helmet aqualung
1532 A medieval diving suit Vegetalius
Dioscorides, Ancient Greek physician
King Henry VIII of England
Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician
Durer's 'Whore of Babylon' engraving.
Mythical hybrid creature, 16th century
Mythical water creature, 16th century
African artefact, 17th century
Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan
Egyptian obelisks, 16th century
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist
Bonaventura Vulcanius, Dutch humanist
William I, Prince of Orange
Albrecht Durer's Nemesis.
Albrecht Durer's Sea Monster engraving
Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet
Theodorus Gaza, Greek humanist
Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist
Bernard Abattia, French astrologer
Araticum ape, annona montana, artwork
Illustration of a camera obscura
Martin Luther, German theologian
Surveying methods, 16th century
Arabian horned creature, 16th century
Captive giraffe, 16th century
Rhinoceros and elephant, 16th century
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch theologian
Robert Estienne, French printer
Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist
1566 Guillame Rondelet Portrait naturalis
Muhammad, Prophet of Islam
John Knox, Scottish reformation clergyman
Durer's, St Jerome in his study.
Joachim Camerarius, German scholar
Alfonso the Magnanimous, King of Aragon
Distillation vessel, historical artwork
Boccaccio
Raffaellino del Garbo, Italian painter
Philipp Melanchthon, German theologian
Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian writer
Toucan, 16th century
Mythical creature, 16th century
Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist
Rudolph Snellius, Dutch mathematician
Native American chief, 16th century
Gerardus Mercator, Dutch cartographer
Ethiopian animal, 16th century
Captive sloth, 16th century
Queen Elizabeth I, English monarch
The seven works of mercy, 16th century painting
Medieval comic poem, 16th century
John Calvin, French theologian
Leonardo da Vinci
Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher
Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch humanist
Tycho Brahe's Astronomical Instruments title page
Distillation glassware historical artwork
John Knox, Scottish theologian
Francis Bacon, English philosopher
Francis Drake, English explorer
Exterior and sectional view of a glass works and furnace.
Henry VIII, King of England
Mary I, Queen of England and Ireland
John Napier, Scottish mathematician
Nostradamus statue, France
Native American dead chiefs, 16th century
1532 Portrait Military author Vegetalius
Muslim circumcision rite, 16th century
Tobacco cultivation, 16th century
Elephant trapping, 16th century
Bear hunting, 16th century
South American healing, 16th century
Hunting bison, 16th century
Chapel of Bones, Evora, Portugal
1705 African Manticore of Ctesias
Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Jesuits
1650's Portrait Pierre Belon Naturalist
Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect
James Ussher, Irish theologian and cleric
Sebastian Munster, German cartographer
Kent artillery fort, 16th century
Bronze statue of Mercury
1565 John Knox Scottish Presbyterian
1693 Flying fish Johan Nieuhof
Glass blowing.
Cavalrymen with muskets, pistols and swords.
Cavalrymen with pistol.
The River Fisherman.
Nail makers workshop.
Everardus Vorstius, Dutch physician
Native American chiefs, 16th century
Chalchiuhtlicue, Aztec goddess
Sebastian Cabot, Italian explorer
Nicholas Kratzer, German astronomer
Roger Bacon, English natural philosopher
Heinrich Agrippa, German alchemist
John Selden, English humanist polymath
Brahe observing the supernova of 1572
1620 Ludovic Stewart Duke Richmond Maine
Jacopo Barozzi Da Vignola, Italian architect
Andreas Vesalius, Dutch anatomist
Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer
Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist
Petrus Bertius, Flemish cartographer
Sebastain Munster, German cartographer
Native American dance, 16th century
Christian Wolff, German philosopher
Samuel Pufendorf, German jurist
Tycho Brahe' s De mundi aetherei recentioribus phaenomenis
Northern hemisphere map, 16th Century
A stained glass artist in his studio.
Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher
Fludd's account of creation
Title page of Kircher's Ars magna, 1646
Death playing a drum, 19th C illustration
Title page of Huygens's 'Astroscopia Compendiaria' (1684)
Title page of Huygens's 'Systema Saturnium' (1655)
The Witches' Sabbath by Hans Baldung.
Title page of Isaac Newton's 'Principia'
1588 De Bry ancient Pict Celtic Woman
William Shakespeare, English playwright
Letter written by Vasco da Gama, 1500s
Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist
Johannes Kepler's birthplace
Native American ceremony, 16th century
Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer
Death of Inca ruler Atahualpa, 1533
Euphrasia officinalis plant, illustration
Giorgio Vasari, Italian artist and author
Birthplace of Copernicus, Poland
Bronze bust of Cosimo I de' Medici
Tomb of Vasco da Gama, Lisbon