Collection items

Engravings of Native Americans and Europeans in de...

Book, Folio, Engraving, Illustration, Image

This richly illustrated volume of travel narratives was compiled and engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528–1598). It shows gr...

View of London in Civitates Orbis Terrarum

Map, View, Engraving, Illustration, Image

This is a contemporary image of the London in which Shakespeare lived and worked for much of his life. As we can see, it...

View of Messina in Civitates Orbis Terrarum

Map, View, Engraving, Illustration, Image

This beautifully hand-coloured view of 16th-century Messina (or ‘Messana’) shows a large port city at the north-eastern ...

View of Venice in Civitates Orbis Terrarum

Map, View, Engraving, Illustration, Image

This is a beautifully hand-coloured view of 16th-century Venice – the setting for two of Shakespeare’s plays, The Mercha...

View of Verona in Civitates Orbis Terrarum

Map, View, Engraving, Illustration, Image

This image shows a bird’s-eye view of the city of Verona, in what is now Northern Italy. It illustrates some of the hist...