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Engraving of Native figures offering fruit and baskets before a stone column, with a bearded European man and armed soldiers

The Natives of Florida Worship the Column Erected by Captain Ribault

Theodor de Bry, 1590

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff and striped doublet, with coats of arms and family roundels above.

Frederick V, King of Bohemia and Count Palatine of the Rhine

George Humble, 1590

Engraved portrait of a man with globes, dividers and a galleon, with a verse inscription below the image.

Captain Thomas Cavendish (Candish)

Robert Boissard, 1600

Hand-colored engraving of a body-painted leader beside a European nobleman, with dancers and a ritual sacrifice scene behind.

Sacrifice of the first-born

Theodor de Bry, 1590

Engraved oval portrait of Richard Whittington in a fur-trimmed robe and gold chain, with a cat beside him.

Richard (Dick) Whittington, Lord Mayor of London

Renold Elstrack, 1600

Engraved portrait of Sir John Hawkins in ruff collar and cap, holding a staff, with ships at sea behind him.

Sir John Hawkins

Robert Boissard, 1590

Hand-colored engraving of a ceremonial dance with a king and queen on a platform, surrounded by dancers and seated men.

Reception of the Queen

Theodor de Bry, 1590

Engraved oval portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, bearded, wearing a feathered hat and lace collar.

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Baron Denbigh

Compton Holland, 1600

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in lace ruff and embroidered doublet, framed by ornate scrollwork and a heraldic crest.

Captain Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave

Renold Elstrack, 1590

Engraved portrait of a man in plate armour with a Maltese cross, leaning on a pedestal beside a plumed helmet, with a French

Henry III

Andre Thevet, 1580