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This image is from a medieval bestiary known as the Rochester Bestiary (c. 1230 CE), currently held at the British Library in London. Popular in the Middle Ages, bestiaries were illustrated manuscripts containing descriptions of plants, rocks...

Reconstructed 17th-century CE Powhatan Village at the Jamestown Settlement living history museum.

Reconstructed English homes of 17th-century CE Jamestown Colony of Virginia. Jamestown Settlement living history museum.

Replica of the ship Susan Constant at Jamestown Settlement, Virginia.

Jamestown Church at the archaeological site of the 17th-century CE Jamestown colony of Virginia.

The 1544 painting by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) known as the 'Portrait of Six Tuscan Poets'. The poets are (left to right): Cino da Pistoia, Giuttone d'Arezzo, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Dante Alighieri and Guido Cavalcanti. (Minneapolis...

The Mayflower Compact, 1620 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris Passengers of the Mayflower signing the "Mayflower Compact" including Carver, Winston, Alden, Myles Standish, Howland, Bradford, Allerton, and Fuller. Postcard published by The Foundation...

Commemorative Postage Stamp "Pilgrim Fathers leaving Delfshaven" from 1992 CE, depicting the departure of the Speedwell in 1620 CE.

Artist's impression of Mayflower passenger William Brewster (l. 1568-1644 CE). Published in The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims: And its place in the life of to-day, 1911 CE by A. C. Addison.

Replica of the Mayflower which transported pilgrims from England to America in 1620 CE. Built in 1955-56 CE.