Book Of Discovery Collection

The First Representation of the People of the New World, (1505), 1912. Artist: Johann Froschauer
The First Representation of the People of the New World, 1505. This image purports to show cannibalism amongst the people of the so called New World

The First map to Show America, (1500) 1912
The First map to Show America, 1500 (1912). After the map of Juan de la Cosa (c1450-1510), 1500. The map or chart is a mappa mundi painted on parchment

Columbus with Ferdinand and Isabella, (3rd August 1492), 1912
The Parting of Columbus with Ferdinand and Isabella, 3rd August 1492. Queen Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504) and King Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516) helped fund Columbuss explorations

Kublai Khan (1215-1294) of the Mongol Empire and founder of the Yuan Dynasty, 1912
Kublai Khan (1215-1294) was the fifth Khagan (Great Khan) of the Mongol Empire, reigning from 1260 to 1294. He was the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, a division of the Mongol Empire

Shackletons ship, the Nimrod, in McMurdo Sound, (1909), 1912. Artist: George Marston
Shackletons ship, the nimrod, among the ice in McMurdo Sound, the winter land quarters of the British Antarctic Expedition. Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), British explorer, Antarctica, 1909

Amerigo Vespucci, (1454-1512), 1912. Artist: Gaetano Grazzini
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer, 1912. Vespucci first demonstrated that Brazil

The Turin Map, (8th century), 1912
The Turin Map, 8th century. Taken from A Book of Discovery, published by T. C. & E. C. Jack Ltd. 1912

Peutinger table, historical map
Peutinger table. A section of the historic Peutinger table, which was a 13th century copy of a Roman map. Roads and cities are depicted but the work, which was cut into 12 sections

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