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THE COLUMBUS MEMORIAL. 
The Columbus Memorial Museum consists of relics collected 
for the World's Columbian Exposition under the supervision of 
Mr. Wm. Elroy Curtis, of Washington, and sheltered for exhibition 
during the Exposition in the reproduction of the Monastery of La 
Rabida. 
The collections comprise original manuscripts of Columbus 
and his time, and documents from the Vatican that first saw light 
in America during the Exposition; maps and charts, showing the 
earliest works of cartographers; books and pictures illustrating 
the growth and development of geographical knowledge; portraits 
and busts, showing the different conceptions regarding the appear- 
ance of Columbus in life; monuments, inscriptions, tablets, refer- 
ring to his remains; nothing has been omitted that would throw 
light upon the career and personality of the discoverer of America. 
Every picture is here with a purpose; every map, chart, relic, 
is a link in the chain connecting the history of the New World 
with the Old. The student, the historian, the antiquarian, will find 
in them material for months of study. 
In Hall 9 the whole career of Columbus is fully represented 
Here the interested visitor may read the story of the life and work 
of Columbus — his struggles to gain the confidence and support of 
the Spanish sovereigns; his apparent failure and ultimate success- 
his preparation for the voyage; his departure and his Triumphant 
home-coming. These, together with his later discoveries and the 
sad scenes associated with his last days, are to be seen in the 
order of their sequence. 
The three rooms situated in the northeast comer of the main 
building of the Museum Halls I, 8, and 9 are devoted to this collec- 
tion. Entering from the East Court, and passing through to the 
center and largest room of the three, the visitor will do well to 
inspect, first: 
