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- GLC#
- GLC08878.0001-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1856
- Author/Creator
- Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852
- Title
- Landing of Columbus.
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 print : b&w Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 27 cm
- Primary time period
- The Americas to 1620
- Sub-Era
- Exploration Native Americans
One engraving entitled "Landing Of Columbus" dated 1856. Depicts Columbus landing in the New World in 1492. Columbus and his men arrive on a beachfront in the West Indies. Columbus holds the royal banner of Aragon and Castile in one hand and a sword in the other. Native West Indians watch the Europeans from behind a tree. Published by Martin, Johnson & Co, New York, based on a painting by John Vanderlyn, and engraved by Henry Brian Hall.
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