Thomas More's 'Utopia' (1518)
Thomas More's 'Utopia' (1516)
Guillaume Philandrier, French humanist
Cornelius Valerius, Dutch humanist
Humanist scholars in debate, 16th century
Title page of Politiae literariae, 1540
Johannes Stabius, Austrian cartographer
Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
Janos Zsamboky, Hungarian humanist
Christophe Plantin, French printer
Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian humanist
Sir Thomas More, English statesman
John Colet, English humanist
Pietro Bembo, Italian scholar
Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian printer
Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc, astronomer
1532 A war machine in the form of a horse
Melampulach, Arab physician
Ismail I, Shah of Persia
Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Italian lawyer
Girolamo Savonarola, Italian priest
Abyssinian priest, historical artwork
Rhubarb cultivation, 16th century
Martyrdom of John Hooper, 1555
Caribbean millet brew, 16th century
European in the Americas, 16th century
South American cannibals, 16th century
African herbal tree, 16th century
Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher
Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician
The Dance of Death, 16th century
Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet
Theodorus Gaza, Greek humanist
African artefact, 17th century
John Colet, English humanist theologian
Gian Vincenzo Pinelli, Italian humanist
Simon Grynaeus, German theologian
Bernard Abattia, French astrologer
Mythical hybrid creature, 16th century
Pineapple, 16th century
South American tree, 16th century
Cassava plant, 16th century
Mythical water creature, 16th century
Horse's skull, 16th century
Horse's hoof, 16th century
Historical illustration of distillation
1532 A medieval dive helmet aqualung
1532 A medieval diving suit Vegetalius
Dioscorides, Ancient Greek physician
Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist
Boccaccio
Distillation vessel, historical artwork
Araticum ape, annona montana, artwork
Illustration of a camera obscura
Bonaventura Vulcanius, Dutch humanist
Summer landscape painting with sailing boat in harbor
King George V sailing at the Cows Regatta.
A galley under sail.
Medieval comic poem, 16th century
Father of Albrecht Durer.
Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan
Arabian horned creature, 16th century
Captive giraffe, 16th century
Rhinoceros and elephant, 16th century
Egyptian obelisks, 16th century
Surveying methods, 16th century
Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher
Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch humanist
Alfonso the Magnanimous, King of Aragon
Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian writer
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch theologian
Robert Estienne, French printer
Martin Luther, German theologian
1566 Guillame Rondelet Portrait naturalis
Albrecht Durer's Nemesis.
Albrecht Durer's Sea Monster engraving
Durer's 'Whore of Babylon' engraving.
King Henry VIII of England
Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist
Rudolph Snellius, Dutch mathematician
Toucan, 16th century
Mythical creature, 16th century
A yacht with adjustable keel.
1705 African Manticore of Ctesias
Distillation glassware historical artwork
Ethiopian animal, 16th century
Captive sloth, 16th century
Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist
Utopia
John Knox, Scottish reformation clergyman
Durer's, St Jerome in his study.
Native American chief, 16th century
Glass blowing.
Wilfred Grenfell, British physician
1607 Manticore or Mantichore monster
Yacht sailing in ocean
Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar
Queen Elizabeth I, English monarch
John Knox, Scottish theologian
Francis Bacon, English philosopher
Gerardus Mercator, Dutch cartographer
William I, Prince of Orange
Joachim Camerarius, German scholar
1693 Flying fish Johan Nieuhof
Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher
1532 Portrait Military author Vegetalius
Muhammad, Prophet of Islam
Muslim circumcision rite, 16th century
Elephant trapping, 16th century
Bear hunting, 16th century
Tobacco cultivation, 16th century
South American healing, 16th century
Hunting bison, 16th century
Kittinger's descent, Project Excelsior
Fludd's account of creation
John Calvin, French theologian
Everardus Vorstius, Dutch physician
Ships mask
Nautical world map of 1634
A lifeboat with adjustable keel.
Nautical chart of the Mediterranean Sea.
View of Genoa in Italy.
Fenian Ram submarine display, 1930s
Philipp Melanchthon, German theologian
Francis Drake, English explorer
Raffaellino del Garbo, Italian painter
Galapagos giant tortoise and sail ship
Leonardo da Vinci
Seashell, X-ray
Nautilus shell, X-ray
航海地球儀
The seven works of mercy, 16th century painting
Exterior and sectional view of a glass works and furnace.
Cavalrymen with muskets, pistols and swords.
Cavalrymen with pistol.
The River Fisherman.
Nail makers workshop.
Thomas Cromwell, English statesman
John Napier, Scottish mathematician
Christian Wolff, German philosopher
Samuel Pufendorf, German jurist
Nostradamus statue, France
Native American chiefs, 16th century
Native American dead chiefs, 16th century
THE VIEW OF UTOPIA.
Starfire Monument at Star City, Moscow
Thomas Lipton, Scottish yachtsman
A stained glass artist in his studio.
Giorgio Vasari, Italian artist and author
1565 John Knox Scottish Presbyterian
Woman hatching a baby from an egg
The lucerne, Switzerland,
Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse at Dusk, Maryland, USA
1620 Ludovic Stewart Duke Richmond Maine
1650's Portrait Pierre Belon Naturalist
James Ussher, Irish theologian and cleric
Sebastian Munster, German cartographer
Sebastain Munster, German cartographer
Andreas Vesalius, Dutch anatomist
Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Jesuits
Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer
Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist
Petrus Bertius, Flemish cartographer
Native American dance, 16th century
Kent artillery fort, 16th century