Show A kass tura LOP ea 4 U A 5 IX X T gif W C 7 5 vim 09 n al a L rr Z n t 1 1 e J X ama I 1 sail ont on I 1 sail on I 1 the three caravels caravell car avels of columbus pushing westward across the atlantic ocean on his historic voyage of discovery in the lead is the santa maria the largest of the three measuring about 80 feet in length 26 25 feet in br breadth beadth and 15 feet in depth with a capacity of tons it was was commanded by its owner the juan de la ia cosa it carried two pilots a grand constable a physician an archivist an interpreter versed in se several eral tongues a large number of the 90 seamen and the commander of the expedition christopher columbus second in line is the pinta commanded by martin alonso and piloted by his brother francisco Pi the third ship is the nina named iiames for its owner and pilot pero alonso nino and commanded by vincent brother of martin and francisco 2 the landing of columbus from the famous painting by H D hall in the united states capitol in washington D C on friday october 12 1492 seventy days after the date of their sailing fing columbus and his hia men after having traveled nautical miles across the ocean ocean reached an island in the west indies off the coast of north america clad in armor over which he had thrown the crimson robe of an admiral of castile columbus threw himself on his knees kissed the earth and returned thanks to god for the successful end of his journey then rising he drew his sword unfurled the royal standard and assembling around him the two capt captains airs the notary and the other officials he solemnly took possession of the land in the name of the castilian monarchs ferdinand and isabella 1 ill I gave gava tho th name of san salvadore in com memora T T tion of his divine mai eaty jesty who has wonderfully granted all this the indians call it guan ahan aha wrote columbus 3 departure of columbus columbua from de brys brya voyages 1690 at sunrise on august 3 1492 columbus set sail from palos spain for his bis great adventure recently there was unveiled at palos a gigantic monument the work of an american sculptress mrs harry payne whitney which commemorates the embarkation bar kation of the expedition the monument consists of a 70 foot statue of columbus surmounting a 44 foot base and shows the great navigator standing with arms arm s resting on the traverse of a great cross his eyes directed wd westward stward just as he stood on the deck of the santa maria years ago 4 columbus pleads his cause before king ferdinand and queen isabella isabelia early in his career columbus conceived the idea of reaching india by sailing directly westward across the atlantic ocean he appealed in vain to the kings of portugal spain england and france to fit him out with the ships necessary for an expedition but in spite of all his rebuffs he persisted in his attempts in january 1492 he appeared again at the court of spain and was given a hearing by ferdinand and isabella but again he was dismissed from the court and departed sorrowing son owing over what seemed to be ba the end of his great dream two leagues from granada however he was overtaken by a messenger from isabella with orders for his return almost C overcome with joy he hastened bach bac and was told that the castilian monarchs monarc hg would comply with all al his demands 5 the tomb of columbus in the seville cathedral columbus died in valladolid spain may 20 1506 and was buried in a monds monastery tery near seville in 1536 his body and that of his son were removed to santo domingo and buried in the cathedral there when haiti was ceded to france in 1796 the bodies were removed to havana cuba and remained there until the spanish american war of 1898 at the close of that war which ended spanish dominion in the new world the remains remains of the groat great explorer were carried back to spain and placed in the magnificent tomb in the seville cathedral which has become a shrine for visitors from all parts of the world 6 columbus as a boy from the statue in the museum of fine arts boston although there is much dispute as to the nativity of columbus the best authorities state that lie he was born in genoa I 1 taly italy about 1446 he was the son of a wool comber coaker but ho he wished to become a sailor and the statue depicts him as he set on the dock doch at genoa dreaming perhaps of the day when he would go to sea and nd become a famous captain 7 tho earliest engraved likeness of christopher columbus from mc laughlina Laugh lins history of the Amer american leav nation |