254 COLUMBIAN HISTORICAL EXPOSITION AT MADRID. 



represents a fluted Corinthian column capped by a crown supporting an orb sur 

 mounted by a cross. The column rests upon a prismatic support from which pro 

 trude four prows of vessels, and the pedestal of the whole is in the form of a tomb 

 with an Egyptian-like entrance, to which broad staircases lead on four sides. The 

 orb bears two bauds one about its equator, and the other representing the zodiac. 

 On the Corinthian column are the names &quot; M. Pinzon&quot; and &quot; V. Pinzon.&quot; Under the 

 prows of the vessels is the name &quot; C. Colon/ 7 with a list of the persons who accom 

 panied him on his voyage of discovery. 



No. 124. COLUMBUS AND THE PRIOR OF LA RABID A. 



There has always been a dispute as to the exact spot where Columbus first 

 addressed the monks at La Rabida. Many years ago a shaft was erected about 600 

 yards from the convent to identify the place, and it has been very badly chipped by 

 relic hunters, and the soft stone has worn rapidly away by exposure to the weather. 



COLUMBUS EXPLAINING HIS PLANS TO THE PKIUR. 



Some years later a second monument was erected about 30 feet from the main entrance 

 where the historians claim later evidence locates the first interview between Columbus 

 and the monks. 



No. 125 THE MADRID MONUMENT (plate xxi). 



The city of Madrid has honored itself, while honoring Columbus, by the recent 

 erection of his effigy in bronze, of heroic size, in the Paseo de Recoletos, one of the 

 principal promenades in the Spanish capital. This representation portrays a benign 

 and reverent expression of countenance with the figure clothed in the ordinary cos 

 tume of his period, wearing over it a short fur-trimmed over-garment. He stands 

 on a lofty pedestal, or, rather, crowns a column of considerable height, his left hand 

 outstretched, as if pointing to the newly discovered land he had reached after so 

 many hardships, while the right upholds the furled flag of Spain, the cross-tipped 

 staff of which rests upon a miniature semblance of the globe, which, in turn, rests 

 upon the head of a capstan, about which a cordage cable is gracefully coiled. 



No. 126. THE SUNOL STATUE (plate xxii). 



The statue of Columbus at the top of the monument is by a Spanish artist 

 named Sunol, and is considered a very fine figure. A duplicate of the Sunol statue 

 is to be erected at New York. 



