Medieval Caesarean
Illegal English Bible
Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
Monsters in hell
Ptolemy's World Map
Medieval woman poet
Old Hall manuscript
Bedford Hours
Medicinal plants
Chess playing
Medical Treatise by John Aderne
Recipe for 'custarde'
Gutenberg Bible
The Temptation of Eve
Pregnancy
The Legend of King Arthur
Caxton's Chaucer
Valentine's day love letter
Medieval zodiac chart
Heretics burned at the stake
Royal feast
Courtly love
Columbus in America
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