Shells and Shellfish, 16th century, From the Calligraphic Manuscript Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta, Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel (1542-ca.1601/Flemish)

Court of the Ladies of Queen Anne of Brittany 1477 to 1514 19th century reproduction of 16th century miniature from Epistres Envoyees au Roi Queen weeping because husband absent during Italian war

Ferdinand Magellan (c.1480-1521) From the 'Sala del Mappamondo' (Hall of the World Maps) 16th Century Antonio Giovanni de Varese (16th C.) Fresco

Fountain of the Lions in front of the Antigua Carnicería built in the 16th century in Plaza del Populo, Baeza. Jaen province, Andalucia, Spain

Ripon, cathedral, nave, Perpendicular arcades, early 16th century, North Yorkshire, UK, late 12th century, Early English style

Oblique view of the facade and entrance to the Museum of the Royal Houses , or Casas Reales on the walkway following the old walls of Zola Colonial, Santo Domingo. Built in the 16th century in Renaissance style it has been a home to powerful people but no

Palacio de las Cadenas built 16th century by architect Andrés de Vandelvira, now occupied by the Town Hall. Úbeda. Jaén province, Spain

Mescit prayer room on six columns, 16th century Ottoman caravanserai built as a travellers' inn, Buyuk Han, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, Cyprus, Europe

Shepherd guarding his flock at night. Under his arm are his bagpipes. He has two dogs with spiked protective collars to help him guard his animals, but these are on leads while in the background a wolf is carrying off a lamb. Woodcut from early 16th century

Aberdour Castle, 14th century tower and additions from the 16th and 17th centuries, Aberdour, near Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Mevlana Turbe mausoleum, and Selimiye Camii Mosque of Selim, dating from 16th century, Konya, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

View across the lake to The Vyne, the 16th century home of William Sandys, Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, Sherborne St. John, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Historical district Manila's 16th Century Walled City. The ruins of the Spanish colonial capital of the Philippines. Wall painting. Intramuros. Manila. Philippines

Skofja Loka, Town Square, medieval market place, Homan House, amalgam of Gothic and Renaissance styles, frescoes, 16th century, Slovenia

Spanish Conquest - Peru - 16th century - Francisco Pizarro killed by Almagrist rebels (1541) - Engraving from Theodore de Bry's Peregrinationes

Southern America and Southwest Indian Ocean Portolan Atlas 1547 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Peru - 16th century - Spanish Conquest of Peru. Conqueror Francisco Pizarro captures Inca king Atahuallpa. Engraving from Theodore de Bry's Peregrinationes.

Plateresque staircase at Museo de Santa Cruz founded by Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza and built 16th century by Alonso de Covarrubias. Toledo. Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Mycenaean Gold Dagger, National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece Lion hunting scene, found in Shaft Grave IV of Grace Circle A at Mycenae. Dated to the 16th century BC

Mosteiro dos Jeronimos Monastery of the Hieronymites, dating from the 16th century, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

People watching a play at Paradeishof (courtyard of 16th century school which now contains the Kaufhaus 'Kastner & Öhler' shopping center).

Falconry: artist's impression of late 16th century party out hawking. Woman, with falcon is riding side-saddle. Mid-19th century chromolithograph

Ternopil,Tarnopol,Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross,end ot 16th century,Podol region,Podillia,Podillya,Eastern Galicia,Western Ukraine

Louis de Mallet Lord of Graville Admiral of France 1448 to 1516 depicted in 1487 in costume of war and tournament from a 16th century engraving

Murals of Psyche's passion for Cupid in the banqueting hall, Palazzo Te, painted by Giulio Romano in the 16th century for Duke Federico Gonzaga, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Aitre Saint Maclou, a 16th century charnel house, typical of the half timbered houses in the city of Rouen, Haute Normandie, France, Europe

Man drawing in Abbot's Garden of Ryoanji , Kyoto, Japan. The famous abstract rock Zen Gardens at Ryoanji were created by 16th century artist Soami.