The History Cat
The History Cat: Vasco De Gama
Vasco da Gama (this is the accepted spelling) was a Portuguese explorer from the 15th and 16th centuries who established the first trade route to India that went around the southern tip of Africa. Read about his life, his...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Theodore Agrippa D'aubigne
This site from Bibliomania.com provides the single poem: "124 L'Hyver" which is taken from the Oxford Book of French Verse, and is rendered in 16th-century French.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Biographical summary of the life and career of 16th-century Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Italy, 16th 18th Century
A map of Italy in the 16th through 18th centuries, color-coded to show the territories of Piedmont, Saluzzo, Monteerrat, Milan, Genoa, Milan, Venice, Mantua, Parma, Modena, Tuscany, Papal States, Istria, Dalmatia, Naples, Sicily,...
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Unesco: Netherlands: Seventeenth Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam
The historic urban ensemble of the canal district of Amsterdam was a project for a new 'port city’ built at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries. It comprises a network of canals to the west and south of the historic...
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Photograph: A 17th Century Astrolabe Found Near Cobden, Ontario
A look at mapmaking during the time of the explorers. The site profiles various mapmaking tools and the history of mapmaking from the 16th to the 18th century.
Indiana University
History and Literature of Music: Renaissance Instruments
This resource classifies Renaissance instruments in the following categories: winds, plucked strings, bowed strings, keyboard, and percussion.
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Morality to History
This resource provides a brief discussion of the morality plays as teaching tools, and political devices. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Hendrick Avercamp
An ibiblio.org site containing information about the life and works of Dutch painter, Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634 CE). Provides examples of his artwork, many with brief descriptions.
Luminarium
Luminarium: The Faces of Elizabeth I
This Luminarium site offers nine different portraits of Queen Elizabeth I.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Examples of Landscapes by Artists Born Before 1700
This website has great examples of landscapes done by artists born before 1700 by artists of a variety of nationalities and art movements. Includes art ranging in date from as early as the 3rd millenium B.C. to 1701. Each image has a...
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Saint petersburg.com: Pre History of St. Petersburg
The origins of this major Russian city and its imperial capital under the Romanov's is briefly surveyed.
Other
Types of Dance in Renaissance
Resource includes descriptions of different types of renaissance dances.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Johannes Gutenberg
History for Kids features the history of Johannes Guttenberg a German goldsmith, printer and publisher who is best known for developing a Movable Type for printing. Includes worksheets, activities and quizzes.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Louise Labe
This site from Bibliomania contains the full text to three sonnets and an elegie in modern French, written by Louise Labe, known for her book of sonnets. A great site on the subject, but a translation is not provided.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dynasty, Revolution, and the Classical Age
Welcome to Britain, home to one of the biggest empires in history and a rich artistic heritage. We'll start in the 16th through the 18th centuries, years that saw the establishment of Britain and British art as we know it. As you travel...
Library of Congress
Loc: Ancient Manuscripts: From the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu
This is a collection of primary, historical documents from Timbuktu, Mali during the the 16th through 18th century. The documents cover all aspects of this advanced African civilization.
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Unesco: Romania: Churches of Moldavia
These eight churches of northern Moldavia, built from the late 15th century to the late 16th century, their external walls covered in fresco paintings, are masterpieces inspired by Byzantine art. They are authentic and particularly well...
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Unesco: Germany: Hanseatic City of Lubeck
Lubeck - the former capital and Queen City of the Hanseatic League - was founded in the 12th century and prospered until the 16th century as the major trading centre for northern Europe. It has remained a centre for maritime commerce to...
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Unesco: Mexico: Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
Built in the 16th century by the Spanish on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the old Aztec capital, Mexico City is now one of the world's largest and most densely populated cities. It has five Aztec temples, the ruins of which have been...
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Unesco: Turkmenistan: Kunya Urgench
Kunya-Urgench is situated in north-western Turkmenistan, on the left bank of the Amu Daria River. Urgench was the capital of the Khorezm region, part of the Achaemenid Empire. The old town contains a series of monuments mainly from the...
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Unesco: Belgium: Plantin Moretus House Workshops Museum Complex
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing plant and publishing house dating from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Situated in Antwerp, one of the three leading cities of early European printing along with Paris and Venice, it is...
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Unesco: Russian Federation: Historic and Architectural Complex of Kazan Kremlin
Built on an ancient site, the Kazan Kremlin dates from the Muslim period of the Golden Horde and the Kazan Khanate. It was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in 1552 and became the Christian See of the Volga Land. The only surviving Tatar...
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Unesco: San Marino: San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano
San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano covers 55 ha, including Mount Titano and the historic centre of the city which dates back to the foundation of the republic as a city-state in the 13th century. San Marino is inscribed as a...
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