erpretation of the seven-lettered cipher, accepting the smaller
letters of the second line as the final ones of the words, seems to be
_Salve Christus, Maria, Yosephus_. The name _Christopher_
(_Christoferens_) appears in the last line.]

In person Columbus was tall and shapely. The only authentic portrait of
him is that which once belonged to Paulus Jovius, and is still in the
possession of the de Orchi family (related to Jovius by female descent)
at Como. It shows us a venerable man with clean-shaven face, thin grey
hair, high forehead, sad thoughtful eyes. It bears the inscription
_Columbus Lygur. novi orbis repertor_.

AUTHORITIES.--Fernando Columbus, _Historie del Signor Don Fernando
Colombo ... e vera relatione della vita ... dell' Ammiraglio D.
Christoforo Colombo_ (the Spanish original of this, written before
1539, is lost; only the Italian version remains, first published at
Venice in 1571; a good edition appeared in London in 1867); Bartolome
de las Casas, _Historia de las Indias_, written 1527-1561, but first
printed at Madrid in 1875, after remaining in manuscript more than
three centuries; Andres Bernandez, _Historia de los Reyes Catolicos_
(contemporary with Fernando Columbus's _Historie_, but first printed
at Granada in 1856; best edition, Seville, 1870); Gonzalo Fernandez
Oviedo y Valdes, _Historia general de las Indias_ (Seville, 1535; best
edition, Madrid, 1851-1855); Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, _Opus
Epistolarum_, first published in 1530, and _De Orbe Novo_ (_Decades_),
printed in 1511 and 1530; Francisco Lopez de Gomara, _Historia general
de las Indias_ (Saragossa, 1552-1553, and Antwerp, 1554); Antonio de
Herrera, _Historia general de las Indias occidentales_ (publication
first completed in 1615, but best edition perhaps that of 1730,
Madrid); Juan Bautista Munoz, _Historia del Nuevo Mundo_ (Madrid,
1793); Martin Fernandez Navarrete, _Coleccion de los Viages y
descubrimientos que hicieron por mar los Espanoles_ (Madrid,
1825-1837); Washington Irving, _History of the Life and Voyages of
Christopher Columbus_ (London, 1827-1828); Alex. von Humboldt, _Examen
critique_ (Paris, 1836-1839); R. H. Major, _Select Letters of_
_Columbus_ (London, Hakluyt Society, 1847); Fernandez Duro, _Colon y
Pinzon_ (Madrid, 1883); Henry Harrisse, _Christophe Colomb_ (Paris,
1884), and _Christophe Colomb devant l'histoire_ (Paris, 1892); Justin
Winsor, _Christopher Columb