Images

The July 25, 1893 edition of Te Paki o Matariki, newspaper of the Kīngitanga (Māori King Movement). The masthead depicts Matariki (Pleiades or Seven Stars) and is an adaptation of the coat of arms of the...

19th century New Zealand ethnographer, Elsdon Best (1856-1931 CE).

A 19th century portrait of the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22. (Naval Museum of Madrid)

An illustration depicting the death of the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22. Magellan was killed on 27 April 1521 at the Battle...

A map of the 1519-22 circumnavigation - the first in history - made by the expedition led by the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521).

A satellite image of the Straits of Magellan at the tip of South America. The Straits were first navigated by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the...

An illustration showing Victoria, one of the five ships which made up the fleet commanded by the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22...

A posthumous portrait of the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22. (The Mariner's Museum Collection, Newport News, VA)

Artist's impression of a Roman Legion from the video game Total War Rome II.

A c. 1861 oil on canvas painting, Young Spartans Exercising, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. A typical early work of the artist when he was still interested in becoming a historical...