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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


  • 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


  • "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

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