Images

Battle between Dutch and Spanish ships on the Haarlemmermeer, 26 May 1573, oil on canvas by Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom, c. 1629. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

An 18th-century portrait of the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto (c. 1500-42) who fought in Panama, Nicaragua, and Peru to expand the Spanish Empire before turning to North America and exploring as far as the Mississippi River. Engraving...

A map of modern Central America.

A map illustrating the rise and expansion (c. 1750 - 1200 BCE) of the Hittites, ancient Anatolian people who spoke an Indo-European language. At its height around the mid-14th century BCE, the Hittite empire ruled most of Asia Minor from...

Johannisburg Palace, the second residence of the Electoral Archbishops of Mainz until 1803, is located in the centre of Aschaffenburg on the banks of the Main, Bavaria. The mighty four-wing complex, built between 1605 and 1614 under...

Ruins of the New Pleasure House (Lusthaus), Stuttgart Palace Garden. One of the most important buildings of the German Renaissance, it underwent numerous conversions, which was followed by demolition in 1844/45. The remains were moved...

Statute of William the Silent (l. 1533-1584, also known as William of Orange), made by Flemish sculptor Louis Royer, unveiled on 5 June 1848. Het Plein, Den Haag.

The iconoclasts, oil painting by Jan Michiel Ruyten, mid-19th century. Groeningemuseum, Bruges.

Iconoclasm in a Church, oil on panel painting by Dirck van Delen, the Netherlands, 1630. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Portrait van Menno Simons on the title page of Opera omnia theologica, by Jan Luyken, 1681. Amsterdam Museum.