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Thomas Cavendish – Antique Print

Thomas Cavendish, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving
Thomas Cavendish, [no date recorded on caption card]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Thomas Cavendish comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Thomas Cavendish, the English navigator and privateer, is the subject of this engraving, which is credited to an engraver named Gimber. Cavendish sailed around the world between 1586 and 1588, one of the first Englishmen to complete the voyage, and he returned with Spanish treasure taken from raided ships. He died at sea in 1592 while attempting a second circumnavigation. The record does not give a date for the print, so its origin is uncertain, but portraits like this were often made later to honor explorers of the Elizabethan era.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : engraving.
NotesEngraving by Gimber. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Pub. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,149 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156719

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