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Walter Raleigh (1552-1612) English courtier and navigator, with members of his expedition on the island of Trinidad, 1595. Late 19th century illustration c1890
Francis Drake (c1540-1596) English navigator and privateer, on the Isthmus of Panama in 1572 being shown the Pacific Ocean, the first Englishman to see it. Late 19th century illustration
Edward VI (1537-1553) king of England and Ireland from 1547. Son of Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour. Always a sickly child, he died of natural causes. Anonymous portrait
Edward VI (1537-1553) king of England and Ireland from 1547. Son of Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour. Always a sickly child, he died of natural causes. Portrait by Holbein
Catherine Parr (1512-1548). Sixth and last wife of Henry VIII. Anonymous portrait c1545
Francis Drake (c1540-1596) English navigator and privateer. Anonymous portrait
Francis Drake (c1540-1596) English navigator and privateer. Miniature from the studio of Nicholas Hilliard, 1591
Henry IV, King of France and Navarre (1553-1610) First Bourbon monarch, son of Jeanne d Albret and husband of Marie de Medici. Assassinated by Roman Catholic fanatic Ravaillac
Hernando Cortez (Fernado Cortes - 1485-1547) Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico, making contact with native Mexicans. Hand-coloured lithograph, 1827
Title page of Vocabulary in Castilian and Mexican Language by Alonso de Molina, Mexico, 1572, the first dictionary printed in the New World
Ferdinand Magellans (1480-1521) ship Victoria. Magellan led the first voyage of circumnavigation (1519-1522). He was killed by natives in the Philippines
Title page of Libro de Experiencias de Medicina, Toledo, 1544, by Luis Lobera de Avila. Born in Avila in the late 15th century
Walter Raleigh (1552-1612) English courtier and navigator. Favourite of Elizabeth I. Half-brother of Humphrey Gilbert. Said to have introduced Tobacco and Potatoes into England
Walter Raleigh (1552-1612) English courtier and navigator. Favourite of Elizabeth I. Half-brother of Humphrey Gilbert. Said to have introduced Tobacco and Potatoes into England. 19th century woodcut
Edward VI (1537-1553) king of England and Ireland from 1547. Son of Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour. Always a sickly child, he died of natural causes
A Martialist. Wodcut from George Whetstone Honourable Reputation of a Soldier (1585)
Elizabeth I (1533-1603) queen of England and Ireland from 1558. Hampden portrait. Full length portrait of the young queen. Oil on canvas mid to late 1660s
Thomas Bromley (1530-1587) English lawyer and statesman. Expert on property law: served on Edward VIs regency council: Lord Chancellor from 1579
George V (1865-1936), King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India 1910-1936
William Cecil, lst Baron Burghley (1520-1598) appointed Secretary of State by Elizabeth I in 1558 and was the prominent English statesman of his age. Cecil in the robes of the Order of the Garter
Four generations of British monarchs, 1894. Queen Victoria holding infant future Edward VIII, flanked by, right, her son the future Edward VII, and her grandson the future George V
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert (1506-1563) English statesman and diplomat, adviser to Henry VIII. Comptroller of the Household to Edward VI
James II of England VII of Scotland (1633-1701). Reigned 1685-1688. Anonymous portrait
Mural depicting four generations of the Hohenzollern Dynasty at the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche Breitscheidplatz, Berlin-Charlottenburg
Gamal Abdul Nasser (1918-1970) President of Egypt, with Yasser Arafat (1929-2004) Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in Cairo, 1969
Score card of voting record for the two rival Presidential candidates in the 1960 United States Election. Produced by the American Federation of Labour
Dawsons Field hijackings, 6 September 1970: Four jet aircraft bound for New York City were hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
President Anwar Sadat (1918-1981) President of Egypt, centre, with the Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin (1913-1992), at the start of his historic visit to Israel in 1977
Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973) 36th President of the United States in talks with Civil Rights leaders in the White House, including Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-1968), left
Swearing in of Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973) as 36th President of the United States, 22 November 1963. The ceremony took place on Air Force One, Love Field, Dallas, Texas
Erich Mielke (1907-2000), German Communist politician. Minister of State Security in the German Democratic Republic (DDR) 1957-1989
President John F Kennedy and Willy Brandt, Mayor of Berlin, at the White House, 13 March 1961. Photographer Marion S.Trikosko
Egypt-Israel peace treaty: Jimmy Carter, President of the USA, shaking hands with Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel
John F Kennedy motorcade, Dallas, Texas USA, 22 November 1963. Close-up view of President and Mrs Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally and his wife. Photographer: Victor Hugo King
Stele showing part of the Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi), the best preserved ancient law code, was created c1760 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon
Limestone relief from the Palace of Sennacherib, Nineveh, 700-692 BC. The King is shown in his chariot pulled by men. An attendant holds an umbrella over the kings head
Egyptian Tomb relief showing Isis and Horus receiving offerings from a Pharaoh
Wooden printing block with print on paper, Tibetan 18th-19th Century. Woodblock printing adapted from Chinese methods dating to 11thcCentury before the invention of movable type
Pen Box with inkwell and pens (steel with gold inlay) Iran, Qajar Dynasty 19th Century
Predynastic Egyptian Man in a reconstruction of his grave-pit. This illustrates the early Egyptian custom of placing the body in a contracted position
Nadezhda (Nadia) von Meck (1831-1894), Russian business woman and patron of Tchaikovsky
Francis Drake (c1540-1596) English navigator and privateer. Chromolithograph
Director on set during the filming of a Silent era film. Circa 1918
Film set during the filming of a Silent era film. Circa 1925
Childrens ward in a hospital where nuns act as nurses. France circa 1905
Jan Sibelius (1865-1957) Finnish composer
The March on Rome, a coup d etat by which Mussolinis National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, or PNF) came to power in the Kingdom of Italy
Late 1930s poster advertising Volkswagen, the Peoples Car. The text: Save 5 marks a week and you will drive your own car
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