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Sir John Hawkins Portrait
A c. 1581 CE portrait by an unknown artist of the English mariner, privateer and slave trader Sir John Hawkins (1532-95 CE). (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England)
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Erechtheion with Original Paintwork Reconstruction
An illustration of how the 5th century BCE Erechtheion on the Athenian acropolis may have looked with its original paintwork.
Original photograph by Mark Cartwright
Reconstruction artwork by Tabo Ayala / Arqueo Tabo
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Queen Mother of the West
Earthenware figurine depicting the Queen Mother of the West.
c. 2nd century CE, Eastern Han Dynasty.
Cat # 2000.106.1740.
From the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Gallery of China at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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Saint Anthony
"San Antonio Abad" by Francisco de Zurbarán, c. 1664 CE.
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Elizabethan Royal Navy
A 1907 CE painting showing ships of the English Royal Navy during the Elizabethan period (1558-1603 CE).
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Don Antonio of Portugal
An illustration of Don Antonio of Portugal (l. 1531-1595 CE) who in 1580 CE was deposed as king by Philip II of Spain (r. 1556-1598 CE). One of the aims of the failed 1589 CE Drake-Norris Expedition which attacked Lisbon was to reinstall...
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Ark Royal Warship
An illustration by Claes Jansz Visscher of the Ark Royal, an English galleon warship which fought in the Anglo-Spanish War during the Elizabethan period. (National Maritime Museum, London)
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Rock Edict of Ashoka
Ashokan Rock Edicts (Dhauli, Bhubaneshwar)
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Map of Drake's and Cavendish's Circumnavigations of the Globe
A c. 1595 CE map by Jodocus Hondius showing the circumnavigations of the globe by Francis Drake (1577-80 CE) and Thomas Cavendish (1586-88 CE). (Library of Congress)
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The Capture of Cacafuego by the Golden Hind
A 1626 CE engraving by Friedrich van Hulsen showing the Golden Hind of Francis Drake capturing the Cacafuego treasure ship (real name: Nuestra Senora de la Concepćion) in March 1579 CE off the coast of Peru. The capture of the galleon was...
