Henry VIII (1491-1547) king of England from 1509 being presented with the first authorised edition of The Bible in English, Cranmer's Bible, 1540, Copperplate engraving 1824

The Fake Turk (Chess Automaton With Mechanical Doll In Turkish Garb, Driven By Player Inside Box) C.1780 Artist Unknown Colored Copperplate

Bombay, East India Company of England's port on the Malabar Coast of India, with Company trading vessels in the foreground and quayside warehouses and buildings behind. Copperplate engraving, London, 1755

Allegorical Glorification of Magellan's Sail Around the World, 1520-1522 Philip Galle (1537-1612 Netherlandish) Colored copperplate

Standards of Roman legions (top) and Weapons and armour used by Roman soldiers, From Ancell's Monthly Military Companion, 1801, Copperplate engraving

Richard III (1452-85) King of England from 1483 killed at Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485, by Henry VII (1457-1509) first Tudor monarch of England, Copperplate engraving

Hundred Years War between England and France (1337-1453) Battle of Agincourt, 25 October 1415. Henry V (1387-1422) in thick of fight. Notable victory for English. Copperplate engraving published 1825

Joan of Arc, c1412-31, Joan in armour and carrying sword, In margins are vignettes of episodes in her life including coronation of Charles VII at Reims, her wounding outside Paris, and her burning at stake in market place at Rouen, 30 May 1431, 17th century copperplate engraving

Roman troops under Julius Caesar landing on the shores of Britain and meeting resistance from the natives during invasion of 55 or 54 BC. Copperplate engraving c1820

Boadicea-1st century British queen of Iceni, standing in her chariot with her weeping, dishonoured daughters, haranguing her troops. Finally overwhelmed by Romans, Boudicca is said to have taken poison. Copperplate engraving 1824

Burying victims of the Plague of London (1665) at night in multiple graves. Two of men are smoking pipes, partly to combat stench of corpses, partly in hope that Tobacco smoke would preventing them becoming infected. Copperplate engraving

Stonehenge, Megalithic monument on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, dating from c2800 BC-c1800 BC, 18th century copperplate engraving,

View of Fireworks and Illumination, Arranged by The Duke of Richmond in Whitehall & on the Thames 1749 Artist Unknown Colored copperplate

The Royal Exchange, London, This is the second building which replaced the first which was destroyed in the Fire of London, 1666, Copperplate engraving, 1686

Neptune raising James Cook (1723-79) English navigator, explorer and hydrographer to immortality, and Fame writing his name in the book of history. In foreground inhabitants of America, Africa and Asia pay homage to Britannia., Allegorical copperplate engraving by John Neagle (fl1789-1816) and W Gra

Gunners laying siege to moated and fortified enclosure. Attackers are using earth-filled Gabions to protect their guns and themselves. From Utriusque cosmi...historia, by Robert Fludd (Oppenheim, 1617-1619), Copperplate engraving

Battle of Fleurus 26 June 1794. French Revolutionary Wars. French defeat of the Austrians, Dutch, and their allies. The first use of a hot air balloon for aerial observation during a battle. French captive balloon 'La Entreprenant' on right., From contemporary copperplate engraving

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian astronomer and mathematician. Portrait from frontispiece of his Istoria (1613) and Il Saggiatore (1623). Cherub, left, holds Galileo's military compass, while one on right holds a telescope. Copperplate engraving

Royal Exchange London, late 18th century, This was the second Royal Exchange built after Gresham's original building destroyed in Fire of London, 1666, Copperplate engraving

Augustinian canons and their St. Bernard dogs from the hospice of Great St. Bernard, Switzerland, rescuing a traveller collapsed in the snow, Copperplate engraving

Charlemagne (Charles the Great) 747-814, king of the Franks; crowned Christian emperor of the west in St Peter's, Rome on Christmas Day 800. Copperplate engraving

Beekeeping showing beekeepers preparing to take a swarm. At bottom of tree are straw beehives (skeps) used in the apiary. From 18th century edition of Virgil Georgics which followed the agricultural traditions set down by Virgil in Roman times. Copperplate engraving'

St Basil the Great (c.329-379) on of great Greek fathers of the church, and St Maximus the Confessor and the Monk (c.580-662) Greek theologian. Popular Russian coloured copperplate engraving 1820-30

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Viscount St Albans, English philosopher, scientist and statesman, Shown here after his appointment as Lord Chancellor (1618), In science advocated observation and experiment rather than Aristotelian deductive logic, Copperplate engraving by George Vertue

Roman soldiers operating a Catapult, a siege engine used for hurling missiles, such as stones at bottom left, at the enemy, In top half of image are details of the construction of the weapon, Copperplate engraving by William Toms fl1750,

Roman soldiers: Stone slingers and their equipment, Three men all carrying short hand slings, while on ground are sling sticks which gave missiles greater impetus, From Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis by Justus Lipsius (Antwerp, 1605), Copperplate engraving

Roman soldiers making a Tortoise with their shields strong enough for chariots to drive over, Reconstruction from Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis by Justus Lipsius (Antwerp, 1605), Copperplate engraving

Roman soldiers using a war engine firing multiple arrows, Reconstruction from Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis by Justus Lipsius (Antwerp, 1605), Copperplate engraving

The Spanish Treat the Indians Very Tyrannically (Conquest of Peru by Spanish Under Pizarro, 1529) Theodor de Bry (1528-1598 Netherlandish) Colored copperplate

Roman soldiers delivering Greek fire by means of arrows and slings, From Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis by Justus Lipsius (Antwerp, 1605), Copperplate engraving

Jean-Dominique Cassini (c1670-1756) Italian-born French astronomer. First director of the Paris Observatory. Copperplate engraving 1777.

Chief of the Florida Indians consulting his magician (shaman) before going into battle. From John Hamilton Moore "A New and Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels" late 18th century. Copperplate engraving

William Bligh (1754-1817) British naval officer, and his companions, received hospitably by the Governor of Timor, 14 June 1789, after voyage of about 4,000 miles in open longboat in which they had been cast adrift by Fletcher Christian and his 'Bounty' mutineers on 28 April 1789. Copperplate engrav

Man entertained by the Five Senses. SIGHT holding mirror, accompanied by eagle: TASTE with basket of fruit: SMELL offering scented flowers and accompanied by bloodhound: TOUCH touching him as he touches dish: HEARING playing a lute. Copperplate engraving

Charles I (1600-49) King of England from 1625, Execution of Charles at Whitehall, London, 30 January 1649, Copperplate engraving 1824

Emigrants Under the Prussian Eagle with the Emblem of Frederick William I of Prussia Gabriel Uhlich (1682-1741 ) Colored Copperplate National Library, Berlin, Germany

Performance Of Opera "Amor Della Patria" 1665 Melchior Küsel I (1626-1683 German) Colored Copperplate German Theater Museum, Munich, Germany

Plate from "The Song of Los" 1795 William Blake (1757-1827 British) Colored copperplate The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Map of Central and South America 1792 Theodor de Bry (1528-1598 Netherlandish) Colored copperplate New York Public Library, New York