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Henricus Dei Gra Rex Anglie. Portrait of Henry VIII by Cornelis Massys (1510-57). Here Henry VII is represented as an old man, wearing a jewelled cap and ermine collar, holding a pair of gloves in his hands. His coat of arms inscribed with the motto of th
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National Maritime Museum

Isola della Sicilia. Descrittione della Sicilia con le sue Isole della qual li nomi Antichi et Moderni…per Giacomo Galstaldo Piemontese Cosmographo in Venetia 1545.
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National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the supremacy of the church, 1545. Medal commemorating the supremacy of the church, 1545. Obverse: Bust of Henry VIII (right), on his head a cap decorated with jewels, his robe ermined, a splendid collar of rubies over his shoulders. L
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Ptolemaisch General Tafel begreiffend die halbe kugel der Welt [gothic script]. Black and white woodcut of the then known world. From the same plates as Typus Orbis Aptol Descriptus (roman script) in Basle 1545 Sebastian Munster edition (copy at PBE9564).
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