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16th century CE Desk with Lute, Globe and Books
A detail of a mid-16th century CE painting by Hans Holbein the Younger showing a desk with a lute, globe and books. From 'The Ambassadors', c. 1533 CE. (National Gallery, London)
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16th Century Morion Helmet
A typical steel morion helmet, a type worn across Europe in the 16th century and worn by conquistadors in the New World. Italian, c. 1570. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Central Europe 5th century CE
Map showing central Europe in the 5th century CE.
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China Warlords, 2nd-3rd century CE.
A map showing the territories of the main Chinese warlords at the fall of the Han dynasty in the early 3rd century CE.
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17th Century Tortuga
A 17th-century illustration of the buccaneer and pirate base of Tortuga, located on the northwest coast of Hispaniola (modern Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
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Sri Lanka, Early 17th Century
Political situation in Sri Lanka, early 17th century.
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Knights in Armour, 15th century CE
Knights in armour typical of the 15th century CE. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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The South China Sea in the 18th Century
A late-18th century map of the South China Sea. Drawn by Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal
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18th-Century Advertisement for Virginia Tobacco
An 18th-century woodcut advertisement for Virginia tobacco. The image shows child slaves working on a tobacco plantation. (British Museum, London)
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British Isles at the Beginning of the 10th Century
British Isles in 10th century represented with the coastline at the time.
