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This plate forms part of Johann Rudolf Glauber's treatise on 'The Prosperity of Germany'

Mick Jagger on stage

Two views of the destruction of the Armoury in the Tower of London by fire

III View taken from the outside of the Harbour of the Island of Ponza near the Light House

The encounter between Hernando Cortes and Montezuma II Product:Postcard or in front ofThe encounter between Hernando Cortes and Montezuma II, Mexico, 1519 (c1820 1839). Cortes (1485 1547) was the Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico and overthrew the Aztec Empire ruled by Montezuma. Landing in Mexico in 1519, with a force of only some 600 men, Cortes succeeded in overthrowing the empire of the Aztecs, a civilization numbering 5 million. He was able to achieve this partly due to the natives being terrified of the Europeans' horses