Images

A c. 1571 CE portrait of Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591 CE), an Elizabethan sailor and adventurer. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

An illustration by John White of a violent encounter with Inuit during an expedition by Sir Martin Frobisher (c. 1535-1594 CE) to find the Northwest passage in the 1570s CE. (British Museum, London)

A 1577 CE portrait by Cornelis Ketel of the mariner, explorer and privateer Sir Martin Frobisher (c. 1535-1594 CE). (University of Oxford Collection)

A 16th century CE illustration of an Inuit by John White. (British Museum, London)

A painting of the explorer Sir Martin Frobisher (c. 1535-1594 CE) who made three attempts to find the Northwest passage in the 1570s CE. (Dulwich Picture Gallery, London)

A copy of a page from Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae. Ms Vercelli, Biblioteca capitolare, CCII, fol. 66r.

A mid-19th century CE oil painting showing a procession of characters from the plays of William Shakespeare (1564-1616 CE). (Yale Centre for British Art, Connecticut, USA)

A sketch by Aernout van Buchel showing actors on the stage of the Swan theatre in 1596 CE in London, one of the principal theatres of Elizabethan theatre. (Utrecht University Library, Netherlands)

A scale model of the Globe Theatre in London. Home of Elizabethan theatre, The Globe was first opened in 1599 CE and put on plays by such famous playwrights as William Shakespeare (1564-1616 CE).

Marble statue of Isidore of Seville by José Alcoverro, from 1892 CE Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid.