The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map including Vasco da Gama’s first voyage in search of a sea route to India (1497-99) and the “discovery ...

Sarah Gristwood’s sweeping survey of the careers of numerous royal women in 16th-century Europe amply justifies the nod to Game of Thrones in the title: it features enough dynastic conflict, violence ...

Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a "revenant" grave where a man was buried with large stones on his chest to prevent ...

Between around 1530 and 1650 a witch-hunt frenzy gripped the European continent ... accounts that flew off the printing presses of 16th-century Europe are all too clear. Today, the hunt has ...

His earliest depictions of Northwest Europe show Scotland separated from England by a narrow strait, a common feature of sixteenth century portolan charts and thought to be the result of unintelligent ...

In 1502, word came to James of a knight who was cleaning up in the lists, a dazzling young Frenchman touring Europe basically ...

Bartolomeu Dias or Bartholomew Diaz 1451 to 1500, was a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, and a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first ...

The 16th-century find was unearthed in a network of ... working methods and his influence on the development of science in ...

Heavy rains from Storm Boris have caused widespread flooding across several countries, with the Czech Republic declaring the ...

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Browse 120+ 16th century map stock illustrations and vector graphics available royalty-free, or start a new search to explore more great stock images and vector art. Map showing course of the Spanish ...