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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

• "The Boys pointing after him would Call him 'the crazy Explorer.'" Frontis.
• Sailing to distant Lands 12
• The Birthplace of Columbus 13
• Bound around Africa 18
• Genoa, the Birthplace of Columbus 16
• "Golden Cathay" 17
• First inspirations of Columbus 19
• Columbus at Thirty 21
• What Folks Thought Lived in the "Jumping-off Place" 22
• The Round Earth 24
• A Dream of Cathay 25
• A Wise Old Scholar 28
• The Room in the Convent of Rabida in which they Talked it Over 31
• The Treasures of Cathay 34
• The Convent of Rabida where Columbus Found Friends 35
• Looking toward Cathay 37
• The City Gate of Santa Fé 40
• The Alhambra at Granada 40
• Columbus at Granada Explaining his Ideas to Queen Isabella 41
• The World as Columbus Knew, it when he Went to School 43
• The Bridge of Pinos where the Queen's Messenger found Columbus 46
• The Church of St. George at Palos 40
• The Santa Maria, the Flag-ship of Columbus 51
• What Pedro the Cabin Boy Expected to become in Cathay 54
• The Departure from Palos 55
• Good-by, Columbus! 57
• The Two Owners 59
• The Three Caravels 61
• A City in the Sea 63
• Watching for Land 64
• The Night before the Discovery 65
• Columbus Sees a Light 67
• The Landing of Columbus (From a German picture) 71
• The Place where Columbus Landed 74

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• The Landing of Columbus (From the painting in the Capitol) 75
• "They have Come from Heaven," they Said 77
• The Tropic Islands 78
• The New Land 79
• Captain Alonso Pinzon 82
• Fort La Navidad 84
• Columbus Received by Ferdinand and Isabella at Barcelona 87
• Columbus has Come 89
• Looking at the Procession 90
• Columbus Telling his Adventures to Juan Perez at Rabida 91
• The Harbor of Cadiz 93
• "He saw the Hill-tops of Dominica" 94
• The Lurking Indian 95
• Caonabo and his Braves 97
• The Tower of the Fort 99
• The Ruins of Isabella 99
• The Grumblers 101
• Statue of Leif Ericsson in Boston 101
• Along the Shore of Cuba 104
• Columbus in the Garb of a Priest 108
• The Queen's Messengers 109
• Ferdinand and Isabella 110
• In Sight of the mountain Peaks of Trinidad 111
• The Three Ships of Columbus Leaving "Paradise" 113
• In the Dragon's Mouth 115
• Bartholomew Columbus, Brother of the Admiral 117
• On the Dock at Cadiz 119
• Paddles and Pots from the Indies 120
• "He Listened to the Complaints of all the Black Sheep 121
• Feathers and Fruit from the Indies 123
• Columbus in Chains 125
• The Man who Wanted to "Set Matters Straight" 127
• The Alhambra 130
• The Court of the Lions in the Alhambra 131
• I am still the Admiral 134
• The old Castle and water Batteries at Santo Domingo 135
• Getting ready the Gold Fleet 137
• Corner of the City Wall and Sentry Box, Santo Domingo 138
• The Wreck of Bobadilla's Ship 139
• "Broken and Shattered" 140
• Fragment of the Alhambra 141
• Off the Coast of Honduras 142

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• "The Galley of the Cacique" 143
• The People of Honduras see the Ships of the Admiral 146
• A Gold Hunt in Veragua 148
• On the Mosquito Coast 149
• Sir Christopher's Cove on the Island of Jamaica 150
• On the Island of Jamaica 151
• Diego Mendez going for Help 154
• Storm-tossed in the Indies 155
• Seville the Beautiful 156
• The Arms of Columbus 158
• The Death of Columbus 159
• The House in Valladolid in which Columbus Died 162
• A Cloister in the old Cathedral in Santo Domingo 163
• Americus Vespucius 164
• Map showing the four Voyages of Columbus 165
• Ruins of the Palace of Diego in Santo Domingo 168
• Spanish Adventurers Exploring the New Land 169
• A Medal of Columbus 172
• Two Historic Bridges 174
• Independence Hall, Philadelphia 175
• The White City by the Lake 177
• The Discoverer of our Country 179
• The Founder of our Country 179
• The Savior of our Country 179
• The Harbor of New York City and the Statue of Liberty 180
• Looking down the Lagoon on the World's Fair Grounds 182
• The Old and the New 183
• A Railway Station in Philadelphia 185
• A Business Street in Chicago 186
• The Dome of the Capitol 186