Historical Tapestries and Maps

A collection featuring intricate tapestries, detailed maps, and illustrations depicting historical maritime themes and biblical stories.

Marco Polo lands at Ormuz. From a miniature in the Livre des Merveilles. The Kingdom of Ormus (Hormuz) was a 10th to 17th century kingdom located within the Persian Gulf

Site of Rhodes, Taula de Canvi, Tapestry, 16th century. Museum: Museu del Disseny, Barcelona.

CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARIA. Obra del rey ALFONSO X "EL SABIO" (Toledo,1221-Sevilla,1284). Colección de 430 poemas. Detalle de una de las páginas miniadas. En su parte superior, barco medieval dedicado al comercio, y en la inferior, banqueros y comerciantes realizando transacciones. Biblioteca del Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Comunidad de Madrid). España. Cantiga 172. F 229v.

Germany. Detail of a map of the world with Vespucci. Madrid, National Library. Author: MARTIN WALDSEEMÜLLER (1470-1520) IIACOMINUS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. AMERICO VESPUCIO.

Jonah vomited by the great fish upon the shore. Book of Jonah. Chapter 2. Engraving. Colored.

Jonah vomited by the great fish upon the shore. Book of Jonah. Chapter 2. Engraving. Colored.

PORTULANO S XVI-AFRICA-ESPAÑA-CORCEGA-CERDEÑA-MEDITERRANEO. Location: SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERCITO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Marco Polo lands at Ormuz. From a miniature in the Livre des Merveilles. The Kingdom of Ormus (Hormuz) was a 10th to 17th century kingdom located within the Persian Gulf

Boats and animals on the Nile river, detail from the Nilotic mosaic of the flooding of the river Nile in Egypt, from the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia at Palestrina, Lazio, Italy. Roman civilization, 1st century BC.

Engraving taken from Gerrit de Veer's (1570-1598) book ' The three voyages of William Barents to the Arctic regions'. Dated 16th Century

Mallorca Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21853158

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.

The Landing of Jacques Cartier & Colonists in Canada (1542) 1546 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, & Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA -

S.S. Lurline Matson Lines. 1956. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Helenus and Andromache Give Presents to Aeneas (Aeneid, Book III) ca. 1530-35 Master of the Aeneid European of the Renaissance period viewed ancient Rome not only as the origin of Italian civilzation but also the geographic center of a lost golden age. This plaque belongs to a series of at least eighty Limoges enamels illustrating events from Virgils Aeneid. The Latin epic poem tells the story of the legendary hero Aeneas, who escaped the sack and burning of Troy by the Greeks and, after wandering for some time, settled in Italy, where his descendants founded Rome.The scenes are not, however, the product of the enameler's imagination; rather, they are close copies of the woodcut illustrations for the edition of the Latin poets Opera printed by Johann Grüninger in Strasbourg in 1502. The same woodcuts were used again for the edition published in Lyon in 1517. The anonymous painter of the enamels may have used either the Strasbourg of the Lyon edition as his model, but the enamels are

MTI1-CANTIGA STA MARIA-Nº36-F94V-B-NAVIO NAVEGANDO POR MARES DE BRETAÑA CON TORMENTA-S XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Siege of Malta by the Turkish Fleet. end 16th c. Italian anonymous. Oil. VATICAN CITY. Vatican Palaces.

DETALLE DEL TAPIZ DE LAS NAVES O DE LA EXPEDICION DE BRUTO A AQUITANIA TEJIDO EN TORUNAI HACIA 1460 - AÑAFILEROS. Location: SEO MUSEO DE TAPICES Y CAPITULAR, LA. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

The judgement of Paris and the destruction of Troy, 1540, by Matthias Gerung (ca 1500-ca 1568), 103x151 cm.

Plan of Paris, France 1576 engraving

Maritime scene 1780s-1790s French. Maritime scene 236778

Bosch, Hieronymus Van Aeken, called (1450-1516). The paradise, the purgatory and the hell. 16th c. SPAIN. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Flemish art. Tapestry.

Map of Damascus (1377). 'Western Manuscripts' (Fol. 134v.). Miniature Painting. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Sailing ship, detail from The expedition of the Argonauts, 1484-1490, by Lorenzo Costa the Elder (ca 1460-1535), tempera on panel, 46x53 cm.

Prophecy of the German Peasants' War, popular revolt in the German-speaking areas of Central Europe from 1524 to 1525. Woodcut by Erhard Schon on the front cover to Leonhard Rynman's "Practica On the Great and Middling Conjunction of the Planets ...". Nurnberg, 1523. Facsimile. Engraving. Colored.

Noah's Ark, Italianate mural painting, mid 16th century studiolo

superstition mythical creatures wale attacking a ship woodcut ""Historia animalium"" by Conrad Gesner 4th volume ""Piscium et aquatilium animantium natura"" 1558 private collection,

The trick with cups, work in the fields and fishing, miniature from De Sphaera by Leonardo Dati, Latin Manuscript folio 209 verso 12, 1470, Italy.

18Th Century, Adults Only, Art, Characters, Cloud, Color Image, Courage, Daniel Defoe, Day, English Ship, Group Of People, History, Illustration, Illustration And Painting, Literature, Men, Mode Of Transport, Mutineer, Nature, Nautical Vessel, Only Men, Outdoors, Painted Image, Paintings, Past, Prot

MS.B.R.20- CANTIGA STA MARIA-Nº271-F59 V-A-NAVE DE GUERRA PORTUGUESA ATACADA POR MOROS-S XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA. ALEMAQUER.

FELIPE II AUGUSTO DE FRANCIA(1165/1223) EMBARCANDO PARA LA TERCERA CRUZADA. Author: MAMMEROT S. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY.

Trojans Land Near Mount Etna; Beneath Lies the Giant Enceladus (Aeneid, Book III) ca. 1530-35 Master of the Aeneid European of the Renaissance period viewed ancient Rome not only as the origin of Italian civilzation but also the geographic center of a lost golden age. This plaque belongs to a series of at least eighty Limoges enamels illustrating events from Virgils Aeneid. The Latin epic poem tells the story of the legendary hero Aeneas, who escaped the sack and burning of Troy by the Greeks and, after wandering for some time, settled in Italy, where his descendants founded Rome.The scenes are not, however, the product of the enameler's imagination; rather, they are close copies of the woodcut illustrations for the edition of the Latin poets Opera printed by Johann Grüninger in Strasbourg in 1502. The same woodcuts were used again for the edition published in Lyon in 1517. The anonymous painter of the enamels may have used either the Strasbourg of the Lyon edition as his model, but

Italy, Lazio, Palestrina, Sanctuary at Praeneste, Mosaic work depicting a Nilotic scene

REIXAC, Joan (15th century). Altarpiece of St. 1468. Left upper detail: a boat. International gothic. Tempera on wood. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia.

Death of Prince Joseph Poniatowski (1763-1813) early 19th century Related to a painting or lithograph by Horace Vernet French. Death of Prince Joseph Poniatowski (1763-1813) 226553

The land of make believe

The Emperor sends Vespasian with an army to destroy the Jews, painting circa 1503

FRESCOS BATALLA DE TUNEZ - EXPEDICION DE CARLOS V - SIGLO XVI. Author: JULIO AQUILES (-1556) y ALEJANDRO MAYNER (-1545). Location: ALHAMBRA-TORRE DEL PEINADOR. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Jacopo de' Barbari, View of Venice (lower right block), 1500 View of Venice lower right block

The ship Victoria sited in Seville, Spain, having been around the world. Engraving, 1807. Colored.

Netherlands, Rotterdam, Hoffers, TC, Het Stoomboots, game, Board game with squares numbered 2 to 60. Above a representation of a steamboat without a name. The boat sails back and forth between Rotterdam and Dordrecht. In various squares images of objects, buildings and figures. In the middle below the title., print, folk print, gameboard, playing board, prints, folk prints, height 523 mm, width 450 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher, 1820 - 1837, paper, woodcut, colours, letterpress printing, letterpress, print maker, printmaker

Belfast museum (Northern Ireland). Detail of the Game of Thrones Tapestry, inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry.

Foundation of Novgorod. 862. Miniature of the annals.

St Anthony and view of Pavia and Ponte Vecchio, fresco by Bernardino Lanzani (1460-1530 ca), St Theodore's Church, Pavia. Italy, 16th century.

The Tower of London, a manuscript illustration from the Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans. Charles d'Orleans was imprisoned in the Tower after his capture at Agincourt. From The Island Race, a 20th century book that covers the history of the British Isles from the pre-Roman times to the Victorian era. Written by Sir Winston Churchill and abridged by Timothy Baker.

Scandinavia and Northwestern Europe, 1547, Fernao Vaz Dourado (16th C.), The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

Royal hunting party meets three open coffins, Memento mori, detail from the fresco Il Trionfo della Morte, the Triumph of Death, painter Buonamico Buffalmacco, Camposanto Monumentale Cemetery, Miracles Square, Piazza dei Miracoli also Campo dei Miracoli, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Europe

Episode from the Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England, culminating in the Battle of Hastings, in 1066. It is thought to date to the 11th century, within a few years after the battle. It tells the story from the point of view of the conquering Normans.

LA INCLEMENCIA DE LOS DIOSES - 2000 - 100x71 - TEMPLE/LIENZO. Author: GUILLERMO PEREZ VILLALTA. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN. Laocoon.

Invasion fleet, William steers ship with signal lantern on mast and stern, Bayeux Tapestry, Normandy, France, Europe

Illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle. An illustrated biblical paraphrase and world history that follows the story of human history related in the Bible

Study of two Gondolas and Figures, 1700-10. Artist: Luca Carlevaris

Francesc Oliva / Mediterranean nautical chart, 16th century. Inv. 10257. Museum: Museu Marítim, Barcelona.

King Brennus of Gaul captures the city of Rome; Marcus Furius Camillus expels King Brennus fromRome. Artist: Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia), Italian, 1406-1486

The city and port of P'yongyang, detail of a screen with eight panels depicting the governor's visit to P'yongyang, North Korea's capital today. Korean civilization, Choson period, 19th century.

Puerto de Barcelona, flota española, detalle. Grabado, siglo XVIII, Museu de Historia de la ciudad de Barcelona. Museum: Museo de Historia, Barcelona.

Leo Belgicus, circa 1650

Woodblock engraving depicting the fall of Babylon. Dated 15th century

Woodcut of Venice during the 15th Century. Venice maintained a powerful fleet enabling international trade with the rest of Europe. Dated 15th Century

The Pharos of Alexandria, 18th century. Artist: Unknown.

Bayeux Tapestry 1067: William of Normandys (William the Conqueror) fleet setting sail for England. They landed at Pevensey on the south coast on 28 September 1066. Defeated Harold II at Battle of Hastings on 14 October. Textile

William Ysbrantsz. print Leaf with 8 performances of the adventures of Willem Ysbrantsz. Bontekoe and his ship. A caption under each image. publisher: Amsterdamprint maker: Netherlands paper letterpress printing battle (+ naval force). ships (in general). gunpowder disaster (+ sailing-ships)

Effects of good government in city, detail from the Allegory and effects of good and bad government in town and country, 1337-1343, by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (active 1285-1348), fresco. Hall of Peace, Palazzo Publico, Siena.

Map of Corsica, by Ignazio Danti, Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy

Close up of wall mosaic with San Vito, Kasbah Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy

China: A Song Dynasty naval river ship with a Xuanfeng traction-trebuchet catapult on its top deck, after an illustration in the Wujing Zongyao, 1044 CE

Painting depicting a siege to the city of Palma Consulate of the Sea, headquarters for the presidency of the Balearic Government, seventeenth century ...

PLANISFERIO CELESTE SEPTENTRIONAL-ROMA 1790-SIGNO ARIES.

Carpet painting in the Royal Palace, Seville, Spain, Europe

La caravane du Caire ca. 1785-90 Petitpierre et frère. La caravane du Caire 221854

Painting titled 'Fishing for Souls' Painted by Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (1589-1662) Dutch Golden Age painter. Dated 17th Century

Bartomeu Olives / Carta portulana del Mediterráneo Occidental y Central, 1538. Inv. 9796. Museum: Museu Marítim, Barcelona.

Argentina, Mendoza Province, Mendoza. Historical tilework, Plaza Espana.

Zhitie prepod. Marii Egipetskoi.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including Napoleon III, death showing his handiwork, a weeping Britannia beside a child's ? flag-draped coffin, a sea battle, and a land battle. Coloured lithograph, c.1871?.

Tower of the grammar of Valentin Bolz / Turm der Grammatik von Valentin Bolz, 1515 - 1560, evangelischer Pfarrer, Dramatiker, Sachbuch-Autor und Übersetzer., historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Table of the Strozzi. 1472-1473. The port and the city of Naples after the triumphal return of Ferdinand of AragÑn's fleet after the victory over Jean d'Anjou in the battle of Ischia (6th July 1464). Work attributed to Francesco Pagano. Central detail. Oil on wood. ITALY. CAMPANIA. Naples. San Martino National Museum.

Josep Mestres Cabanes / Boceto para la ópera 'Tristán e Isolda', 1952. Colección privada.

geography/travel Czech Republic Prague view coloured woodcut by Michael Wohlgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff world chronicle by Hartmann Schedel Nuremberg 1493,

Argo Navis. Mythological interpretation of the constellation of the Southern Hemisphere, represented by the ship Argo, used by Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece. Engraving in Poeticon Astronomicon, by Gaius Julius Hyginus (ca.64 BC-17 AD). Edited in Venice, 1485. Incunable. Colored.

"The Garden of Earthly Delights", a triptych of paintings by Hieronymus Bosch. Dating from between 1490 and 1510, when Bosch was between 40 and 60 years of age. His most famous work, also considered to be the masterpiece of his career. Oil on wood panels.

The Colossus of Rhodes, print 1860s

Rome , Cities & towns, Waterfronts

Depiction of Solomon's palace as described in 1 Kings, illustrated in a colored woodcut by Georg Lemberger in 1524.

Battle of Lepanto Mosaic Basilica of Notre Dame Lyon France

Probably born in Venice around 1254 CE, Marco Polo was raised by his aunt and uncle after his mother died. His father, Niccolo, was a Venetian merchant who left before Marco was born to trade in the Middle East. Niccolo and his brother Maffeo passed through much of Asia and met with Mongol emperor Kublai Khan who reportedly invited them to be ambassadors. In 1269, Niccolo and Maffeo returned to Venice, meeting Marco for the first time. In 1271, Marco Polo, aged 17, with his father and his uncle, set off for Asia, travelling through Constantinople, Baghdad, Persia, Kashgar, China and Burma. They returned to Venice 24 years and 15,000 miles later with many riches. Upon their return, Venice was at war with Genoa, and Marco Polo was imprisoned. He spent the few months of his imprisonment dictating his adventures to a fellow inmate, Rustichello da Pisa, who incorporated the tales into a book he called 'The Travels of Marco Polo'. The book documented the use of paper money and the burning of

View from the gallery of an East Indiaman. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: May-1778 - Jun-1787. Place: Atlantic Ocean. Measurements: h 195 mm × w 155 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The American dope party - Protest cartoon - 1906

The Seven Deadly Sins painted by Hieronymous van Aeken Bosch in 1480 hangs in the Prado Museum and Art Gallery Madrid Spain Espana EU Europe

Gamaliel Subang, The Traders 1990. Oil on canvas.

Gulliver is thanked by the emperor of Lilliput after capturing the Blefuscudians' ships, lantern slide, late 19th century. 'The emperor and his whole court stood on the shore...This great prince received me at my landing with all possible encomiums, and created me a nardac upon the spot, which is the highest title of honour among them'. A scene from "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1726. One of a series of 12 'Superior Lithographic Coloured Lantern Slides...with Lecture complete', made in England c1870-1900.

Exhibition in the Millennium Tower Magdeburg

Schedel, Wolgemut, Pleydenwurff, Durer Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle) Hartmann Schedel (author), Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff,and Albrecht Durer (German, 1440 - 1514 ), Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle), published 1493, 1 vol: ill: 1,809 hand-colored woodcuts, printed from 645 different blocks, with Latin text on laid paper, Paul Mellon Collection, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Poland Krakow view woodcut by Michael Wolgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff to the chronicle of Hartmann Schedel Nuremberg 1493,

Painting on Plaça de Sant Felip Neri square, Gothic Quarter, Barri Gòtic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe, PublicGround, Europe

Ivanov, Vsevolod Borisovich (*1950) Private Collection Oil on canvas Modern Russia Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Replica of the Royal Flagship of Don John of Austria which led the Spanish; Papal and Venetian fleets at the battle of Lepanto 1571

Portraits alongside a battle scene , Campaigns & battles

City of Seville, at the Plaza de Espana, ornaments made of tiles, details of the ornamentation presenting the 48 provinces of Spain, here Almeria, maps of the provinces, mosaics of historical events, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

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