Abyssinian priest, historical artwork
Ismail I, Shah of Persia
Girolamo Savonarola, Italian priest
Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan
Pietro Bembo, Italian scholar
Martyrdom of John Hooper, 1555
Muhammad, Prophet of Islam
Melampulach, Arab physician
Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Italian lawyer
Rhubarb cultivation, 16th century
Thomas More's 'Utopia' (1518)
Guillaume Philandrier, French humanist
Cornelius Valerius, Dutch humanist
European in the Americas, 16th century
The Dance of Death, 16th century
Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian printer
Title page of Politiae literariae, 1540
African herbal tree, 16th century
Dioscorides, Ancient Greek physician
Christophe Plantin, French printer
Muslim circumcision rite, 16th century
Caribbean millet brew, 16th century
South American cannibals, 16th century
Humanist scholars in debate, 16th century
Surveying methods, 16th century
Egyptian obelisks, 16th century
Captive giraffe, 16th century
Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist
John Knox, Scottish reformation clergyman
King Henry VIII of England
Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher
Johannes Stabius, Austrian cartographer
Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
Janos Zsamboky, Hungarian humanist
Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian humanist
Thomas More's 'Utopia' (1516)
Arabian horned creature, 16th century
Rhinoceros and elephant, 16th century
Gerardus Mercator, Dutch cartographer
Geber, Islamic Spanish alchemist
Historical illustration of distillation
John Knox, Scottish theologian
Distillation vessel, historical artwork
South American tree, 16th century
Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician
Medieval comic poem, 16th century
Pineapple, 16th century
Cassava plant, 16th century
Horse's skull, 16th century
Horse's hoof, 16th century
John Colet, English humanist
Araticum ape, annona montana, artwork
1532 A medieval dive helmet aqualung
1532 A medieval diving suit Vegetalius
African artefact, 17th century
Ethiopian animal, 16th century
Captive sloth, 16th century
Father of Albrecht Durer.
Native American chief, 16th century
James Ussher, Irish theologian and cleric
Tobacco cultivation, 16th century
Bear hunting, 16th century
Hunting bison, 16th century
1532 A war machine in the form of a horse
Martin Luther, German theologian
Mythical hybrid creature, 16th century
Mythical water creature, 16th century
Distillation glassware historical artwork
1565 John Knox Scottish Presbyterian
Francis Bacon, English philosopher
Heinrich Agrippa, German alchemist
John Napier, Scottish mathematician
Elephant trapping, 16th century
South American healing, 16th century
Mythical creature, 16th century
Albrecht Durer's Nemesis.
Albrecht Durer's Sea Monster engraving
Durer's 'Whore of Babylon' engraving.
Bernard Abattia, French astrologer
Philipp Melanchthon, German theologian
Kent artillery fort, 16th century
Native American dead chiefs, 16th century
Sebastian Cabot, Italian explorer
Nicholas Kratzer, German astronomer
Roger Bacon, English natural philosopher
Illustration of a camera obscura
Christian Wolff, German philosopher
Samuel Pufendorf, German jurist
Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian writer
1566 Guillame Rondelet Portrait naturalis
Henry VIII, King of England
Mary I, Queen of England and Ireland
Queen Elizabeth I, English monarch
Project Excelsior, historical image
Native American chiefs, 16th century
Native American dance, 16th century
Durer's, St Jerome in his study.
Goldweigher, 17th century
John Locke, English philosopher
Michael Maier, German physician
The seven works of mercy, 16th century painting
William I, Prince of Orange
Joachim Camerarius, German scholar
Toucan, 16th century
Augustus, Roman emperor
Tiberius, Roman emperor
Caligula, Roman emperor
Galba, Roman emperor
Otho, Roman emperor
Vitellius, Roman emperor
Titus, Roman emperor
Domitian, Roman emperor
Vespasian, Roman emperor
Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist
Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer
Brahe observing the supernova of 1572
Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Jesuits
Raffaellino del Garbo, Italian painter
Bronze statue of Mercury
John Colet, English humanist theologian
Simon Grynaeus, German theologian
Sir Thomas More, English statesman
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist
17th Century philosopher, artwork
Fludd's wind diagram
Tomb of Vasco da Gama, Lisbon
Leonardo da Vinci
Nicolas Flamel, French alchemist
Re-thatching a cottage roof
Bankruptcy punishment, 16th century
Death of Inca ruler Atahualpa, 1533
Thomas Cromwell, English statesman
William Shakespeare, English playwright
Tycho Brahe's Astronomical Instruments title page
Native American ceremony, 16th century
Sun and Moon astrology, 16th century
Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist
Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet, 1805
Death playing a drum, 19th C illustration
Mary the Jewess, first true alchemist
Chapel of Bones, Evora, Portugal
1693 Flying fish Johan Nieuhof
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch theologian
Tlaltecuhtli, Aztec deity
Francis Drake, English explorer
Robert Boyle, Irish chemist
Sir William Temple, English statesman
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftsbury
Creation of Adam from clay, 15th century
1532 Portrait Military author Vegetalius
Nostradamus statue, France
Pietro Giannone, Italian historian
Niccolo Tribolo, Italian sculptor and architect
Alchemist at work, 18th century
Alchemist at work, 19th century
Native Americans cooking, 16th century
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, 1679 artwork
Pepper tree cultivation, 16th century
Canadian hunters, 16th century
Gian Vincenzo Pinelli, Italian humanist
Andreas Vesalius, Dutch anatomist
De Caus on engineering, 1620s
Native American village, 16th century
1650's Portrait Pierre Belon Naturalist
Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect
Sebastian Munster, German cartographer
Nicholas Culpeper, English physician
Cicero's collected works, 17th century
Antonio Gobio, Italian lawyer
Malleus Maleficarum, 1520 edition
Persecution of Catholics, 17th century
Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc, astronomer
Glass blowing.
Exterior and sectional view of a glass works and furnace.
Cavalrymen with muskets, pistols and swords.
Cavalrymen with pistol.
The River Fisherman.