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Text of the "Mayflower Compact" inscribed at the base of the Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, MA

A statue of the Italian poet and scholar Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375 CE). Created in the 19th century CE by Odoardo Fantacchiotti. (Uffizi Gallery, Florence).

Statue of William Bradford (l. 1590-1657 CE), Mayflower passenger and the second governor of the Plymouth Colony after the death of John Carver. Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation provides a first-hand account of the voyage and the establishment...

National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, MA

The title page of the 1555 CE edition of Handbook of the Christian Soldier (Enchiridion Militis Christiani) by the Netherlandish Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1469-1536 CE). (Skokloster Castle, Sweden)

A 1517 CE portrait by Quentin Matsys of the Netherlandish Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1469-1536 CE). (Nationalgalerie Antiker Kunst, Rom, Germany)

Depiction of the pilgrims signing the Mayflower Compact at the base of the Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, MA

Struck bronze medal showing the Plymouth coat of arms on the reverse and the ship Mayflower on the obverse. Designed by Christopher Ironside, 1970 CE. British Isles

A poster with facial reconstructions of Roman emperors who ruled during the Principate, from the reign of Augustus (r. 27 BCE-14 CE) to Carinus (r. 283-285 CE). These photorealistic representations are only best guesses at how their subjects...

A photorealistic representation of what the Roman emperor Numerian (r. 283-284 CE) may have looked like. Based on contemporary and near contemporary descriptions, as well as archaeological evidence. Pictured alongside the reconstruction are...