Images

Purchas His Pilgrimes, a compilation of contracts, letters, and records of important navigators, including Henry Hudson (c. 1570-1611), by the Reverend Samuel Purchas (c. 1577-1626), published in 1625. Berger Collection, Denver Art...

Replica of the Dutch Halve Maen ("Half Moon"), which English navigator Henry Hudson (c. 1570-1611) captained on his third voyage in 1609 in search of a northwest passage. Photographic print by Stereo-Travel Co., c. 1909. Library...

Map of the two North American voyages of Henry Hudson (c. 1570-1611). The route of the first voyage is shown in red, the second in purple.

Dutch whalers off Spitsbergen, oil on canvas by Abraham Storck, c. 1690. Collectie Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, oil on canvas painting by John Collier (1850-1934). Tate, London.

English navigator and explorer Henry Hudson (c. 1570-1611) is best known for his four voyages that took place between 1607 and 1610 in search of a northwest passage to the Far East.

Daedalus constructing the wooden cow which Pasiphaë uses to mate with the Cretan Bull, oil on canvas by Jean Lemaire, 17th century. Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen.

Pasiphaë nursing the infant Minotaur, red-figure kylix from Etruscan Vulci, 4th century BCE. Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.

The birth of Athena from the head of Zeus and with Eileithyia looking on. Black-figure amphora, made in Athens, c. 550-525 BCE. Louvre Museum, Paris.

An 1823 oil on canvas portrait by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)