Fac-simile of Columbus' letter to the Bank of St.
George, Genoa, 52

Columbus Statue, on Barcelona Monument, 64

Columbus Monument, Barcelona, 81

The Paseo Colon, Barcelona, 96

Columbus Statue, City of Colon, 113

Zearing's Head of Columbus, 120

Park's Statue of Columbus, Chicago, 128

House of Columbus, Genoa, 145

The Antonio Moro Portrait, 160

Toscanelli's Map, 177

Samartin's Statue of Columbus, Madrid, 192

Sunol's Statue of Columbus, Madrid, 209

Map of Herrera (Columbus' Historian), 224

Modern Map of the Bahamas, 241

Map of Columbus' Pilot, 256

Columbus Monument, Mexico, 273

Columbus Monument, New York City, 288

Bas-relief, New York Monument, 296

Bas-relief, New York Monument, 305

Columbus Statue, Havana, 312

Columbus Statue, Philadelphia, 320

Part of Columbus Statue, New York City, 328

The Convent of Santa Maria de la Rabida, 337

The Santa Maria Caravel, 352

The Columbus Fleet, 360

Vanderlyn's Picture of the Landing of Columbus, 369

Columbus Statue, St. Louis, Mo., 384

Columbus and His Monument Columbia.

THE LIFE OF COLUMBUS.

Christopher Columbus, the eldest son of Dominico Colombo and Suzanna
Fontanarossa, was born at Genoa in 1435 or 1436, the exact date being
uncertain. As to his birthplace there can be no legitimate doubt; he
says himself of Genoa, in his will, "Della sali y en ella naci" (from
there I came, and there was I b