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Sixth Map of Asia, including Arabia Felix, Carmania, and the Persian Gulf This map from Ptolemy’s Geographia was published in 1578 and reprinted on many occasions between 1584 and ...
Claudius Ptolemaeus (circa 100–circa 170), known as Ptolemy, was an astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Greek descent who lived and worked in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. In his ...
Fortezza di Soppoto. English: Soppoto Fortress. In the 16th century, the Soppoto Fortress—known today as Borsh Castle—played a strategic role along the Albanian coast during a period marked by ...
Michelangelo Buonarroti – Studies of an outstretched arm for the fresco ‘The Drunkenness of Noah’ in the Sistine Chapel. Black chalk on paper.
Regionis subalpinae vulgo Piemonte appellatae dicriptio, aeneis nostris formis excussa English: Description of the subalpine region commonly called Piedmont, engraved in our bronze molds. The Italian Piedmont is a ...
This topographical map of Mexico City and its surroundings dates from around 1550, some three decades after the conquest of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán by Hernán Cortés in ...
La Presa de Tunis. “La Presa de Tunis” likely refers to a port area or coastal region, as the most relevant research points to the Gulf of Tunis, located ...
The Gelderland, the Julian clivia, and other adjacent regions are described by James in the Belgian description. English: The Gelderland, the Julian clivia, and other adjacent regions are described ...
L’assedio della Citta di Herlem in Hollanda. English: The Siege of Harlem City in the Netherlands
Tramontana Walls in Trapani, Sicily, Italy, which were defensive fortifications built to protect the city from pirates. The name itself refers to a northern wind that blows across the ...
Tripoli citta di Barbaria. English: Tripoli, city of Barbaria. The “Tripoli, city of Barbaria” in the 16th century refers to the city of Tripoli, Libya, as it was then ...
Il vero et ultimo disegno della presa di Tunis. English: The true and final plan for the capture of Tunis.
Cosmographical Map or Universal Description of the World with the Actual Path of the Winds. Other Title Carte cosmographique ou universelle description du monde avec le vrai traict des ...
In the 16th century, “Venetia” referred to the Republic of Venice and its vast territories, which included the city of Venice in northeastern Italy, a large part of northern ...
Shows routes around the world of Sir Francis Drake between 1577 and 1580 and Thomas Cavendish between 1586 and 1588. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site ...
Woman of Cleves, Prussia, in festival dress, 1581. A woman, in Prussian festival attire, wears a long gown with wide brown bell sleeves. The cuffs are beige with swirl ...
Typus orbis descriptione Ptolemaei. Title in English: Image (or model) of the world according to Ptolemy’s description. Names Fries, Lorenz, approximately 1490-1531, cartographer. Trechsel, Gaspard, active 1529-1549, printer. Ptolemy, ...
Title: Die neuwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India ligen (The newly discovered islands that lie beyond Spain, toward the Orient, near the land of ...
This portolan world map, drawn by Nicolas Desliens in 1566, synthesizes Norman hydrographic knowledge in the mid-16th century. It is one of two world maps by Desliens known to ...
