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1400Medieval Caesarean
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1400Illegal English Bible
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1400Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
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1407Monsters in hell
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1407Ptolemy's World Map
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1410Medieval woman poet
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1415Old Hall manuscript
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1423Bedford Hours
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1425Medicinal plants
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1430Chess playing
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1435Medical Treatise by John Aderne
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1440Recipe for 'custarde'
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1455Gutenberg Bible
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1455The Temptation of Eve
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1457Pregnancy
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1469The Legend of King Arthur
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1470Caxton's Chaucer
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1477Valentine's day love letter
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1486Medieval zodiac chart
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1487Heretics burned at the stake
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1490Royal feast
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1490Courtly love
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1492Columbus in America
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Intro
Christopher Columbus (c1451-1506) wasn't the first to sail from Europe to America, but his voyage there in 1492 kick-started contact between the continents, and the Old World's discovery of the New. This is the Old World's look back to that 'first contact', drawn in 1594. Naked native Americans are holding gifts Columbus has just given them, as more ships arrive in the background while a cross is being erected. Columbus's own account from 1493 celebrated "the turning of so many people to our holy faith, and afterwards for material benefits, since not only Spain but all Christians will have refreshment and profit".
Shelfmark: G.6628, plate IX
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