1490s Collection

Christopher Columbus, Italian navigator and explorer
Christopher Columbus, Italian navigator, coloniser and explorer on behalf of Spain. He undertook four voyages of exploration, first reaching the American continent in 1492

The Battle of Zonchio, August 1499
The Battle of Zonchio, also known as the Battle of Sapienza or the First Battle of Lepanto, August 1499, during the Ottoman-Venetian War (1499-1503). 1499

Lambert Simnel working in the Royal Kitchens
Lambert Simnel (circa 1477circa 1525) - pretender to the throne of England. His claim to be Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, in 1487 threatened the newly-established reign of King Henry VII

Lady Catherine Gordon before King Henry VII - she had married Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne, who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower

Brass rubbing, Richard and Kateryn Amondesham
Monumental brass rubbing, Richard and Kateryn Amondesham, St Marys Church, Ealing, West London. circa 1490

The mutiny on board Columbuss ship. circa 1492

Reign of Antichrist
The reign of Antichrist

Perkin Warbeck at Beaulieu Abbey in the New Forest
Perkin Warbeck (c.1474-1499) takes refuge at Beaulieu Abbey in the New Forest. By claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (the younger of the two Princes in the Tower)

Meteorite fall at Ensisheim, Germany (now France)
Depiction of a Donnerstein (thunderstone), a 250 pound meteorite which fell into a field near the town of Ensisheim, Germany (now in north east France, near the border with Germany)

Christopher Columbus with Bernardo Buil (Fray Buil), a Catalan missionary monk who accompanied him on his second voyage across the Atlantic

French Theatre -- La Farce du Munyer
La Farce du Munyer [Meunier], a play by Andre de la Vigne, in which the Devil carries off a millers soul to Hell. Showing a delighted Devil in orange costume

Massacre of the Innocents. 1490s. Work of Lorenzo Zaragozas school (late 14th c.). It was a part of the Main Altarpiece. International gothic. Tempera on wood. SPAIN. Zaragoza

Maximilian and Russians
Kaiser Maximilian I meets an embassy from Russia headed by the archduke Vasily

Events / America / Columbus
Back in Spain, Columbus is challenged about his feat, and responds by standing an egg on end

King of Congo, West Africa, receiving missionaries
The King of Congo, West Africa, receiving Dominican missionaries from Portugal

Ulman Stramer paper mill, Nuremberg, Germany
The paper mill of Ulman Stramer at Nuremberg, Germany

Columbus lands on Watling Island (San Salvador)
Columbus lands on Watling Island (now San Salvador), in the Bahamas

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