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1577 Collection (page 3)

Background image1577 Collection: Sir Francis Drake (1542-1596)

Sir Francis Drake (1542-1596)
Engraving of Sir Francis Drake (1542-1596), Elizabethan explorer and seafarer. In 1577 he and his crew became the first Englishmen to circumnavigate the globe

Background image1577 Collection: Moscovian Officer 16C

Moscovian Officer 16C
RUSSIA A Moscovian officer

Background image1577 Collection: Costume / Men / Bohemia 16C

Costume / Men / Bohemia 16C
Habit of a man from Bohemia of 1577

Background image1577 Collection: J B Van Helmont

J B Van Helmont
JEAN BAPTISTE van HELMONT Belgian medical, chemist who innovated the word gas for something which is like air but is more ghostlike (gas and ghost are much the same word)

Background image1577 Collection: Charles Iis House

Charles Iis House
King Charles IIs tiny old timbered house at Worcester, built in 1577. It was here that the King took refuge in 1651 after being defeated at the Battle of Worcester

Background image1577 Collection: William Cuningham

William Cuningham
WILLIAM CUNINGHAM astrologer and engraver - he may have engraved this portrait of himself for his Cosmographical Glasse printed by John Day in 1559

Background image1577 Collection: Drake Starts his Voyage

Drake Starts his Voyage
Francis Drake prepares to embark on a worldwide voyage in his ship Golden Hind

Background image1577 Collection: Pp Rubens / Miniature / Thil

Pp Rubens / Miniature / Thil
PIETER PAUL RUBENS Flemish painter

Background image1577 Collection: Mattioli / Petrus / Larmessi

Mattioli / Petrus / Larmessi
PETRUS ANDREAS MATTIOLI Italian botanist

Background image1577 Collection: Jan Baptista Van Helmont

Jan Baptista Van Helmont
JAN BAPTISTA VAN HELMONT Flemish chemist, invented the word gas, proposed interesting theories about gases and the digestive process

Background image1577 Collection: Christian Iv / Danish Roya

Christian Iv / Danish Roya
CHRISTIAN IV King of Denmark and Norway (1588-1648)

Background image1577 Collection: V Zuichem / Boulonois

V Zuichem / Boulonois
VIGILIUS ZUICHEM Dutch jurist

Background image1577 Collection: THOMAS CORYATE / 1577-1617

THOMAS CORYATE / 1577-1617
THOMAS CORYATE English traveller, became a source of amusement at court. Published narratives of his travels

Background image1577 Collection: Piet Hein Dutch Naval

Piet Hein Dutch Naval
PIET HEIN Dutch sea-captain who becomes a national hero when, in 1628, he captures an entire Spanish silver fleet and brings it back to Amsterdam in triumph

Background image1577 Collection: Alchemy / Van Helmont

Alchemy / Van Helmont
Alchemist Van Helmont (1577- 1644) is visited by a stranger who generously presents him with the Philosophers Stone which turns base metals into gold

Background image1577 Collection: Remy Belleau

Remy Belleau
REMY (or Remi) BELLEAU French writer, member of La Pleiade, playwright and translator but best known for his descriptive and pastoral poetry

Background image1577 Collection: Jan Battista Van Helmont

Jan Battista Van Helmont
JAN BAPTISTA VAN HELMONT Flemish chemist and physician, credited with scientific discoveries but also with possession of the alchemists philosophers stone

Background image1577 Collection: Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens
PIETER PAUL RUBENS German-born artist with his autograph

Background image1577 Collection: Richard Earl Portland

Richard Earl Portland
RICHARD WESTON, earl of PORTLAND - statesman, but a braggart and a coward by all accounts with his autograph



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