Stradanus Collection

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Discovery of America, plate 1, ca. 1600

Child Birth, from The Course of Human Life, 1570. Creator: Pieter Furnius
Child Birth, from The Course of Human Life, 1570

Youth, from The Course of Human Life, 1570. Creator: Pieter Furnius
Youth, from The Course of Human Life, 1570

Old Age and Death, from "The Course of Human Life", 1570
Old Age and Death, from " The Course of Human Life", 1570

The Enticement of Luxury, from The Course of Human Life, 1570. Creator: Pieter Furnius
The Enticement of Luxury, from The Course of Human Life, 1570

Amassing Knowledge, from The Course of Human Life, 1570. Creator: Pieter Furnius
Amassing Knowledge, from The Course of Human Life, 1570

Indulgence for donation of alms towards the building of a Church to the Virgin of Guadalupe (modern facsimile impression), 1608 (facsimile 1930-40)

Saint Nicholas of Bari and the Three Poor Girls, 1587. Creator: Cristofano Cartaro
Saint Nicholas of Bari and the Three Poor Girls, 1587. Formerly attributed to Cornelis Cort

A Hunting Party, ca. 1555-65. Creator: Joannes Stradanus
A Hunting Party, ca. 1555-65. Formerly attributed to Antonio Tempesta

A Navigating Expert at Work in His Study with Globe and Compass, c1591, (1928). After The Invention of the Compass, an engraving after Joannes Stradanus

Two monks present silkworms smuggled from China to the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, 6th century. Plate 2 from Vermis Sericus (The Silkworm)

Columbus discovering America, 1492, (c1600). Artist: Theodoor Galle
Columbus discovering America, 1492, (c1600). Christopher Columbus meeting the allegorical figure of America, depicted as a woman in a hammock

Plancius Taking A Sight, 1592. Artist: Theodoor Galle
Plancius Taking A Sight, 1592. Petrus Plancius (1552-1622) calculates his position with the help of the sun. After Jan van der Straet (1523-1605). From The Studio Volume 87

Christopher Columbus on board his ship, during his first voyage to the west, 16th century, (1870). A merman and a mermaid blow conch shells as Columbus stands steadfastly under the flag bearing

Amerigo Vespucci (1471-1512), Italian-born Spanish explorer. Vespucci observing the constellation of the Southern Cross. During his voyages

Printing office, c1600. On the left compositors are at work setting up text using letters from a case in front of them. In the centre background type is being inked ready to be printed on to paper in

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