1565 Collection (#2)

GESSNER, Conrad (1516-1565). Swiss lecturer of medicine and philosophy in the School of Tiguriana. Historiae Animalium

Douglas Water Church
The church at Douglas Water, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In the tower is a unique clock, presented to Douglas by Mary, Queen of Scots in 1565. Date: 1960s photo

John Davies, Writer
JOHN DAVIES Poet and writing-master of Hereford : a delightful composition of cherubs, mermen and mermaids - with a skull for good measure

Valette and Envoy
La Valette, Grand Master of the Hospitallers, shows the Turkish envoy a ditch and says thats the only part of Malta the besiegers will obtain. Below, view of Malta

Austria / Salzburg 1565
Salzburg in the 16th century

Mary Qos and Darnley
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS with Henry Stuart, lord Darnley, her cousin and husband, in 1565 : though she bore him a son (the future James I) she was disgusted by his debauchery

Sir Horace Vere
SIR HORACE VERE, Baron of Tilbury military commander - with his autograph

Spanish Settle Florida
Despite the reluctance of its people to be colonised, Florida is conquered and settled by the Spaniards, leading eventually to Miami beach and Disneyworld

Wolfgang Lazius
WOLFGANG LAZIUS German physician and historian

Pope Pius IV
POPE PIUS IV (Gianangelo de Medici)

Petrus Bertius
PETRUS BERTIUS Dutch theologian

Mary, Queen of Scots, with Lord Darnley
Mary, Queen of Scotland, with Lord Darnley -- they married in 1565

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