spanish, history

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the First Angel Sounds the Trumpet; Fir...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Beatus manuscript of King Ferdinand I, from San Isidoro de L... More

Arthur and the Spanish giant from BL Royal 15 E IV, f. 156

Miniature of Arthur slying the 'swine-eating' Spanish giant on the island of Mont St Michel, and rescuing Helena, niece of Hoel of Brittany. Image taken from f. 156 of Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Anglet... More

Arthur and the Spanish giant from BL Royal 15 E IV, f. 156

Detail of a miniature of Arthur slying the 'swine-eating' Spanish giant on the island of Mont St Michel, and rescuing Helena, niece of Hoel of Brittany. Image taken from f. 156 of Anciennes et nouvelles chroniq... More

Betancur, Pedro - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Praeclara Ferdina[n]di Cortesii de noua maris oceani Hyspania narratio...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

De Nederlandse Leeuw reikt Willem van Oranje het zwaard om de Spaanse ...

Public domain scan of 17th-18th century dutch print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Deventer door verraad van William Stanley in Spaanse handen, 1587

Public domain scan of a Dutch or Flemish print, Medieval castle, cathedral, architecture, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Katharina, Infantin von Aragon - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain photo of portrait art print, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Te Lissabon wordt de Spaanse staatsman Miguel de Vasconcelos in zijn p...

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Juan Sebastian de Elcano. - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Bartholomeus Willemsz Dolendo - Verdediging van het fort Noordam, 1591

Verdediging van het fort Noordam bij Zevenbergen door het Staatse leger onder Matthijs Helt tegen de aanvallen van het Spaanse leger onder graaf Karel van Mansfeld, 14 mei 1591.

Eleonore, Erzherzogin von Österreich Infantin von Spanien

Stecher: Huys, Frans Public domain scan of Austrian 17th-18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Derrota que hicieron los dos navios de SM. Castilla y Europa devajo de...

Shows the route followed by the Spanish warships Castilla and Europa under the command of Don Francisco de Orosco in their voyage from Rio de la Plata to Concepción de Chile via Cape Horn in 1748. Depths shown ... More

An accurate map of the British, French & Spanish settlements in Nth. A...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Descripcion de las costas, islas placeres, i bajos delas, Indias Occid...

Scale ca. 1:5,000,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum. Shows the Atlantic coast of southern U.S., Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. "Sibre para Domingo de Belasco Pilo to d... More

Don Volaseo - the famous Spanish partizan, British Cartoon Print, Thom...

Print shows a man (possibly Edmund Burke) wearing military uniform sitting on a horse, in the middle background is a marquee before which a woman is sitting at a table drinking wine, in the distant background i... More

Plano de las provincias del Cuzco y demás para la dirección de las tro...

Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and red pencil. On verso: Dio el Bonnon de este plano al Exmo. ... de mayo de 1782. Sheets pasted together. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 707 Available also through the Library o... More

The United States of America with the British possessions of Canada, N...

Relief shown pictorially. Differs from other copies in coloration. Prime meridians: Ferro and London. Includes article III of the Treaty. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 752 Available also through the Libr... More

A British sailor offering a sword to an unarmed Spanish officer to def...

Engraved for Barnard's New complete & authentic history of England. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive and complete history of England : ... / By Edward Barnard, esq., assisted by ... Mr. Millar.... London : Pr... More

Bowles's new pocket map of the United States of America; the British p...

Scale ca. 1:6,250,000. Cover title: United States of America. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Relief shown pictorially. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Inset: Article III. LC Map... More

Siege du Fort S. Philippe / dessiné par le Paon peintre de S.A.S. Mgr....

Print shows the bombardment of the fort St. Philip's Castle on the island of Minorca during the siege of the fort by French and Spanish forces; Lt. General Duc de Crillon, on horseback, watches from near an art... More

Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la guerre ...

Print shows the title page with vignettes of various naval battles in which the British were engaged during the American Revolution; also shows the capture of Mobile by the Spanish under by Bernardo de Gálvez, ... More

Prise de Pensacola / dessiné par Lausan. Berteaux, aqua. ; gravé par N...

Print shows an explosion at a British magazine during the siege of Pensacola, killing or wounding many British soldiers. In the foreground, Spanish troops, possibly under the command of Bernardo de Gálvez, take... More

Siege du Fort S. Philippe dessiné par le Paon peintre de S.A.S. Mgr. l...

Print shows the bombardment of the fort St. Philip's Castle on the island of Minorca during the siege of the fort by French and Spanish forces; Lt. General Duc de Crillon, on horseback, watches from near an art... More

Gallant behavior of an English sailor in offering a sword to an unarme...

Engraved for Raymond's history of England. Illus. in: A new, universal and impartial history of England ... to the spring of the year 1784 ... / by George Frederick Raymond, Esq.... London : Printed for J. Coo... More

Gallant behavior of an English sailor in offering a sword to an unarme...

Engraved for Raymond's history of England. Illus. from: A new, universal and impartial history of England ... to the spring of the year 1784 ... / by George Frederick Raymond, Esq.... London : Printed for J. C... More

Comanche pictograph map of the Battle of Sierra Blanca, 1787

Shows battle between two warring Plains Indian tribes, the Comanche and Apache. Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink with fold lines. Map pasted on larger sheet of paper which includes key to map signed by ... More

Juan de Torquemada. - Public domain portrait engraving

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Navegación de las corvetas de S.M. Descuvierta y Atrevida sovre la cos...

Shows route of the voyage along the coast of Argentina between 35⁰S and 48⁰S (Río de la Plata and Cabo Blanco), including daily positions. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Cádiz. Oriented with north t... More

Plate, copper alloy, Europe - Public domain dedication museum photo

A brass plate with a floral design, Europe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Cartouche from A map of the British Empire in America with the French...

map from "[The History of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican h...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from volume 01 of "[The History of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican historians, from manuscripts, and ancient paintings of the Indians. Illustrated by charts... More

portrait from "[The History of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexi...

This image has been taken from scan 000018 from volume 02 of "[The History of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican historians, from manuscripts, and ancient paintings of the Indians. Illustrated by charts... More

Boney at Bayonne blowing a Spanish bubble, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Napoleon convincing the Spanish royalty, who are enclosed in a bubble, of his friendship as he fires a cannonball at Madrid. Information from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Soc... More

El Nuevo Mexico y Tierras Adyacentes Mapa Levantado para la demarcacio...

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Spanish manuscript map of Spanish Texas, Louisiana Territory and the Trans-Mississippi West, prepared for the use by the Spanish Crown in defending its claims to Spanis... More

Plano topografico de fuerte de los remedios vulgarmente Sn. Gregorio y...

Location indeterminable. Relief shown by shading. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text... More

Plan de la batalla de Yungay : ganada por el Ejercito Unido-Restaurado...

Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes and note. Col. panor... More

portrait from "History of the British Legion and War in Spain, from pe...

This image has been taken from scan 000006 from "History of the British Legion and War in Spain, from personal observations and other authentic sources, containing a correct detail of the events of the expediti... More

A History of the Amistad Captives: Being a Circumstantial Account of t...

Public domain reproduction of a relief art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vista del panorama de Mejico tomada desde la torre de Sn. Agustin Pedr...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Mexico City with the cathedral at left center dominating the landscape; shows a street with pedestrians on the lower right. At head of title: 1a. Printed below title: A su Esce... More

A History of the Amistad Captives: Being a Circumstantial Account of t...

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Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico : segun lo organizado y definido ...

Covers the United States southwest of Georgia and Iowa, and south of Oregon Territory. Notes within map describe historical events, including those of the Mexican War. Relief shown by hachures. Notes in Spanish... More

Andrada Leitao, Francisco de - Public domain portrait engraving

Verleger: Moncornet, Baltazar Datierung: 1640 / 1660 Public domain scan of 17th-century portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Houdt op in mijn tuin te wroeten Spaanse varkens!

Public domain image, 15th-16th century renaissance drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War of the Spanish Succession from "[Cassell's Illustrated Universal H...

This image has been taken from scan 000425 from volume 01 of "[Cassell's Illustrated Universal History.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the Britis... More

Aankomst bij de Brugse poort van Gent; intocht van Ferdinand te Gent i...

Aankomst bij de Brugse poort, waar de kardinaal te paard met de stoet de stad binnen rijdt. Blad nr. 4 in een geheel van 42 platen die de uitgave van de beschrijving van de intocht van de Kardinaal Infant Ferdi... More

Aankomst van de stoet bij de stadspoort van Antwerpen; intocht van Fer...

Aankomst van de stoet bij de stadspoort van Antwerpen. Op de voorgrond een groep ruiters, rechts staat een leger van schutters en piekeniers opgesteld. In de lucht de wapens van Brabant en Antwerpen. Gemerkt re... More

Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange from "History of the United Nether...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from volume 03 of "History of the United Netherlands, from the death of William the Silent, to the Synod of Dort. With a full view of the English-Dutch struggle agains... More

Alexander Farnese from "History of the United Netherlands, from the de...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from volume 01 of "History of the United Netherlands, from the death of William the Silent, to the Synod of Dort. With a full view of the English-Dutch struggle agains... More

Katharina, Infantin von Aragon - Public domain portrait engraving

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map from "History of the United Netherlands, from the death of William...

This image has been taken from scan 000020 from volume 02 of "History of the United Netherlands, from the death of William the Silent, to the Synod of Dort. With a full view of the English-Dutch struggle agains... More

Moord in een kerk te Naarden, 1572

Moordpartij door de Spaanse troepen onder Don Frederik in een kerk in Naarden, 1 december 1572. Uitvoerige voorstelling met links een staande Spaanse edelman, rechts stromen soldaten met vaandels het kerkgebouw binnen.

map from "Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican: or historical, geogra...

This image has been taken from scan 000412 from volume 01 of "Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican: or historical, geographical, political, statistical and social account of that country from the period of the... More

Burning a Peruvian to make him tell where the gold is / J.W. Orr.

Spanish soldiers, under command of Francisco Pizarro, burning a Peruvian. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T.... More

Rebel defences [sic] of Mobile shewing [sic] Union attack April 3rd-9t...

Map shows route taken by Union Admiral Farragut in August 1864 as well as that in March 1865, when his fleet provided naval support to land forces under Frederick Steele and E.R.S. Camby. Camby captured Spanis... More

Siege operations at Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay, by the U.S. forces under...

Scale ca. 1:16,600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 112 From 39th Cong., 1st Sess. [1866]-Report of the Chief Engineer, U.S.A. No. 8. At head of title: Plan no. 8. Detailed map showing entrenchments, number, type... More

map from "The Romance of Spanish History ... With illustrations"

This image has been taken from scan 000222 from "The Romance of Spanish History ... With illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British ... More

map from "The Romance of Spanish History ... With illustrations"

This image has been taken from scan 000265 from "The Romance of Spanish History ... With illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British ... More

columbus from "The Romance of Spanish History ... With illustrations"

This image has been taken from scan 000273 from "The Romance of Spanish History ... With illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British ... More

[Full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing front, holding a cane...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 46, upper right. Handwritten at top of album page: Opera singers. On verso: Madrid, A. Alonso Martinez y... More

Portrait from "The Wars of Succession of Portugal and Spain from 1826 ...

This image has been taken from scan 000086 from volume 01 of "The Wars of Succession of Portugal and Spain from 1826 to 1840: with résumé of the political history of Portugal and Spain to the present time". T... More

[Bank note vignettes showing surrender of General Burgoyne, George Was...

In album: Engravings of the American Banknote Company ... p. 57. Public domain photograph of an official portrait, meeting, ceremony, group of people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Captain Joseph Fry / / from a photograph by T. Lilienthal, New Orleans...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Fry, Captain of the Virginius, and view of United States steamer Despatch, fishing smacks, the Virginius, gig from La Favorita, Spanish sloop La Favorita. Virginius was captured d... More

portrait from "Sunny Spain: its people and places, with glimpses of it...

This image has been taken from scan 000276 from "Sunny Spain: its people and places, with glimpses of its history. [With illustrations.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags... More

Spanish water-carrier smoking a cigarillo. from "Sunny Spain: its peop...

This image has been taken from scan 000041 from "Sunny Spain: its people and places, with glimpses of its history. [With illustrations.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags... More

Plano de Barcelona y sus alrededores en 1890 : aprobado por el exemo. ...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes statistical table and table of distances. "Ordenanzas Municipales, Apendice No. 1(a)" Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The apparation of the ghost of don Juan Manuel to Pachita la Alfajorer...

José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913)

Spanish caravel Santa Maria - A black and white photo of a boat in the...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

"Poor Spain!" / Keppler. - An open book with a picture of a man on a b...

Print shows a head labeled "Cuban Moloch", which is probably meant to suggest a demonic figure, with it's mouth open wide to swallow a flotilla of Spanish ships headed toward Cuba; a frightened young King Alfon... More

The story of the Spanish Armada introduction by Captain Mahan

Poster shows an illustration of the destruction of the Spanish Armada; ships on fire and black smoke filling the air. Signed: V. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Copyright 18... More

In the Island of Corregidor, Manila Bay, Philippine Islands--from whic...

D18729 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Spanish caravel Santa Maria] - A black and white photo of a ship in t...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Calavera comercial. Estas son las calaveras de todos los comerciantes,...

Broadside shows skeletons patronizing a merchant skeleton selling such items as candles and sugar skulls for the Day of the Dead celebration. The text, a calavera in verse, conveys how "la flaca" (death) is mak... More

El panteón de los huelguistas - Public domain broadside, Library of Co...

Broadside shows a man, arms crossed, standing before a pile of skulls. The text mentions the frustration of all the strikes that have occurred following the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution. It points to the ... More

Saludo y felicitación al Señor D. Francisco I. Madero al tomar posesió...

Broadside shows small bust portrait of a mustachioed man--perhaps Madero--upper center and soldiers and military band on parade below the verses. The text, in rhyme, conveys the virtues of Madero's triumph over... More

Episodio historico. El C. Ex-Presidente de la República don Francisco ...

Ex-president of the Republic Don Francisco I. Madero leaving the National Palace on 1913 Feb. 9, with the forces of Señor General Don Félix Díaz, during the Mexican Revolution; dead soldier lying on street in f... More

[Diamond Union Stamp Workers?] autographed note (fragment) to [Nicola ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard.

Enrique Cerro (Centro Español de Socorros Mutuos) autograph letter sig...

Frank Lopez (Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee) typed letter (copy), in...

Enrique Cerro (Centro Español de Socorros Mutuos) autograph letter sig...

Enrique Cerro (Centro Español de Socorros Mutuos) autograph letter sig...

Frank R. Lopez telegram (copy), in Spanish, to La Protesta [de la] Sol...

Public domain scan of a telegram, telegraph correspondence, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Angel Mendoza autograph letter signed, in Spanish, to Sacco-Vanzetti D...

L. A. Garcia autograph letter signed, in Spanish, to Sacco-Vanzetti De...

Ignacio López autograph letter signed, in Spanish, to Sacco-Vanzetti D...

Silverio R. Hernández typed letter signed, in Spanish, to Sacco-Vanzet...

Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee typed letter (circular), in Spanish, ...

E. Castilio (Comite Pro Presos) typed letter signed, in Spanish, to El...

José Bartoli (Federacion Sudamericana de Picapedreros) autograph lette...

Domenico Canale (Sindicato Union Obera de Las Cateras) autograph lette...

Nuevo Horizonte typed letter to Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, in S...

Angel Mendoza autograph letter signed, in Spanish, to Sacco-Vanzetti D...

Nuevo Horizonte typed letter to Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, in S...

Rodolf de Zamora (Comite Pro Presos) typed letter signed, in Spanish, ...

Pedro Taboada typed note, in Spanish, to Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Commit...

Arturo Peña typed letter signed, in Spanish, to Amleto Fabbri, Guanaba...

P. Rocha et al (Sindicato de Inquilinos) autograph letter signed, in S...

Eulalio Castillo (Comte Pro-Presos de la Federacion Local de la Confed...

Original letter addressed to Guillermo Rubio. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A. Obregon telegram, in Spanish, to Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, ...

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Plutarco Elias Calles telegram, in Spanish, to Sacco-Vanzetti Defense ...

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