COLUMBIAN HISTORICAL EXPOSITION AT MADRID. 



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In the courtyard of the Lonja at Seville, the building which was formerly the 

 Royal Exchange but is now used to shelter the archives of the Council of the 

 Indies, is an ancient and rather ordinary statue of Columbus in marble, erected 

 nearly a hundred years ago. 



-No. 118. THE CARTUJA STATUE, SEVILLE, SPAIN. 



After Columbus returned from his last voyage to the New World, he found shelter 

 in the old monastery of the Carthusian Monks at Seville, and there he remained for 

 two years. After his death, at Valladolid, his remains Avere 

 removed to the chapel of this monastery and lay for nearly 

 half a century, when they were removed to Santo Domingo. 

 The monastery is now occupied as a porcelain factory, but the 

 chapel has been left intact and is still used for worship. Before 

 the main entrance, under the shelter of some beautiful trees, 

 is a statue of Columbus, by some unknown artist, that was 

 erected many years ago. 



No. 119. SALAMANCA (SPAIN) MONUMENT. 



SALAMANCA MONUMENT. 



At Valcuebo, a country farm once belonging to the Domini 

 cans of Salamanca, Columbus was entertained by Diego de 



Deza prior of the great Dominican convent of San Esteban and professor of theology 

 at Salamanca while the Junta of Spanish ecclestiastics considered his plans. The 

 country people have a tradition that on the crest of a small hill near the house, now 

 called &quot;Toes de Colon/ Columbus passed long hours conferring with his visitors 

 or reading in solitude. The present owner, Don Martin de Solis, has erected a 



monument to his memory on this hill, consisting of 

 a stone pyramid surmounted by a globe and sur 

 rounded by an ordinary iron fence. 



No. 120. THE MONUMENT AT GRANADA, SPAIN. 



A monument in honor of Columbus and Isabella was 

 dedicated at Granada on the 2d of November, 1892. 

 It is of highly polished black and white marble, and 

 represents Isabella seated in a large gothic chair with 

 a geographical chart on her lap. Before her stands 

 Columbus explaining his theories. The sculptor was 

 Mariano Bellinure. 



No. 121. THE BEER, STATUE. 



After an investigation of the different portraits 

 of Columbus the Lotto was adopted by Frederic Beer 

 as a model for his -statue of Columbus. It has been 

 reproduced in bronze by Cottin. Columbus is repre 

 sented on his ship, thoughtful, almost anxious, having 

 on his face the absolute certainty of his calculations, 

 but also the troublous inquietude of a solution that 

 is fleeing from him. At his feet lie an anchor and 

 a map of the world, around him are the signs of 



a revolt that will soon break out; but the serenity of the strong does not abandon 



him, and alone against all he believes and dares. 



Nos. 122 AND 123. MONUMENT AT LA RABIDA. CROSS AT SUMMIT OF LA RABIDA 



MONUMENT (plate xxi). 



On the 12th of October, 1892, a magnificent monument, erected by the Government 

 of Spain in honor of Columbus and the Pinzon brothers, was dedicated with great 

 ceremony. It stands in front of the old monastery of La Rabida, at Palos. It 



CROSS ON TOP OF LA KABIDA. 



