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| Keywords: Thomas Cavendish portrait.jpg An engraving of English explorer Thomas Cavendish 1560 “1592 who was known as the Navigator because he was the first to deliberately set out to circumnavigate the globe The Latin inscription surrounding the bust and map THOMAS CANDYSSH NOBILIS ANGLVS ÆTATIS SVÆ XXX means Thomas Cavendish English noble at the age of 30 The portrait appears to be based on an earlier engraving 4 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in 105 mm x 80 mm made c 1590 “1592 in Cavendish's lifetime by Jodocus Hondius which was purchased in 2004 by the National Portrait Gallery in London NPG 6677 The Latin inscription of that engraving THOMAS CANDYSSH NOBILIS ANGLVS ÆTATIS SVÆ XXVIII means Thomas Cavendish English noble at the age of 28 That portrait was thus made in 1588 the year in which Cavendish returned from his circumnavigation The print may have been based on a lost portrait miniature cite web Thomas Cavendish http //www npg org uk/collections/search/portrait php search ap npgno 6677 National Portrait Gallery London 2009-04-13 Thomas Cavendish Portrait mit Doppelhemisphären Weltkarte mit Hinweis auf die Weltumsegelung 1586/88 Format 9 75 x 13 cm Transferred from de Image Thomas Cavendish jpg After c 1590 “1592 Unknown PD-Old-100 Licensing information PD-old-100 page is/was http //de wikipedia org/w/index php title Image 3AThomas_Cavendish jpg here All following user names refer to de wikipedia 2007-01-20 15 48 Seebeer 1390×1972× 2160533 bytes <nowiki>Thomas Cavendish Portrait mit Doppelhemishären Weltkarte mit Hinweis auf die Weltumsegelung 1586/88 Lodon 1690 Format 9 75 x 13 cm</nowiki> Thomas Cavendish | ||||
