During their return voyage, the Portuguese were wrecked on a sandbank (the Seychelles?) From the debris they began building a smaller ship in which they hoped to return t...
Back view of the Dioscuri (or horse tamers, or Alexander and Bucephalus), formerly attributed to Pheidias and Praxiteles, with two figures nearby, one seated on a stone, ...
Stunning engraving of Homann's terrestrial and celestial globes and armillary sphere, all with highly ornamented stands. Brief explanatory text.Johann Baptist Homann born...
Fine engraved plate showing eight different scales with explications in French, Dutch and English.Scale om de dagen van de week, de verschietende feest-dagen, de maan-tyd...