Columbus: or, The discovery of America

George Cubitt

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COLUMBUS:
OB,
THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA.
BY
GEORGE CUBITT
BOSTON:
D. LOTHROP & COMPANY,
32 Franklin Street.
i88i.
^Copyright, i88i,
By D. Lothrop & Company.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
FAOB
^ the BirthplaceGenoa, of Columbus . . Frontispiece
—iMedal Columbus Title
-^Columbus ii
-i Lisbon 27
^ Salamanca 51
^ The Caravel of Columbus 69
{Facsimile a Wood-engraving of from aof 1493,
Design by Cohtmbus himself.)
^ The Caravels of Columbus 105
Sighting the New World 115
V Americus Vespucius 123
•^ Hispaniola 133
"^Barcelona . . 157
^Arms of Columbus 165
Cadiz 177
^ Native House 193
^ Ruins of Columbus* House, St. Domingo . . . 203
Coffin of Lead discovered in the Cathedral at St.
Domingo 217
" Tomb of Columbus at Havana 221
1 Inscription on a Silver Plate found in the Coffin 224
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