Images (p. 466)

Image by Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edward Low Cigarette Card

A late-19th century cigarette card showing the notorious English pirate Edward Low who was active in the Caribbean and eastern Atlantic from 1721 to 1724 during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). Low was known for his acts of cruelty on...

Image by Orem

Jolly Roger of Edward Low

The Jolly Roger pirate flag of the English pirate Edward 'Ned' Low (d. 1724). Low was one of the cruelest of all pirate captains during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730), notorious for torturing and mutilating his captives.

Image by Starz Entertainment

Tadhg Murphy as Edward 'Ned' Low

Tadhg Murphy as the English pirate Edward 'Ned' Low (d. 1724) in the TV series Black Sails. Low was one of the cruelest of all pirate captains during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730), notorious for torturing and mutilating his captives...

Image by Gigadō Ashiyuki

Arashi Rikan II as Miyamoto Musashi

A woodblock print presenting actor Arashi Rikan II as the famous swordsman Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584-1645). Created by Gigadō Ashiyuki around 1832. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Image by Haselburg-müller

Legio XXI Rapax

A brick stamp of Legio XXI Rapax. Terra-Sigillata-Museum, Rheinzabern.

Image by Karl Theodor von Piloty

Triumphal Entry of Germanicus into Rome

Thusnelda at the Triumphal Entry of Germanicus into Rome, oil on canvas painting by Karl Theodor von Piloty, 1875. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Horace Russell, 1887. The painting presents the triumphant return...

Image by Ferdinand Leeke

Battle of the Long Bridges

Battle During the Retreat of Germanicus (Kampf beim Rückzug des Germanicus), oil on canvas painting by Ferdinand Leeke, 1898. Berlin State Museums, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Photo by Andres Kilger. The painting...

Image by Simeon Netchev

European Colonization of North America c.1750

A map illustrating the process of systematic European colonization of North America during the Age of Exploration - from the 1490s until the start of the French and Indian War of 1750s. It also depicts the shift of balance of power in the...

Image by Unknown Artist

John Rackham ('Calico Jack')

An early 18th-century print of the English pirate John Rackham, otherwise known as 'Calico Jack' (d. 1720). The illustration appeared in an early edition of A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates by Captain...