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HALL 8. 
Screens 16 an<l 17 . — Early pictures of America from 
De Bry’s voyages, and from Description de L’ Univers, by Allain 
Mannesson Mallet, Paris, 1633; also other pictures of scenes asso- 
ciated with the voyages of Columbus, for which room could not 
be found in Hall 9. 
Northeast Wall. — Portraits of descendants and the geneal- 
ogy of Columbus. 
Stands Nos. .51 and .52.— The large cannon and pile of 
stones already referred to in connection with Hall 9. 
No. 8.57 . — Buccaneer cannons from Tortola, West Indies. 
These cannons are supposed to have come from one of the pirate 
ships landed here i*i the 17th century. 
Case 42. — Articles of historical interest from Costa Rica 
and the West Indies. 
Case 45. — Collection of World’s Columbian Exposition 
passes, blanks, relics and souvenirs. 
South Wall. — Portraits of Columbus. 
The several pictures which are intended to represent the real 
or ideal Columbus may be grouped into four classes, as follows: 
1. Those of Giovio type — either copies of the portrait which 
hung in the gallery of the Archbishop of Como, or drawn from 
verbal descriptions given of the Admiral by his contemporaries. 
2. The De Bry type, representing Columbus as a Dutchman. 
3. The portraits with beards and costumes of the century 
subsequent to his death. 
4. The fanciful pictures without pretense to authenticity. 
Nortli Wall. The monuments of Columbus. 
There are twenty-nine statues and monuments to Columbus in 
America, six in Spain, seven in Italy. 
No. 363. — Dug-out. Type of boat used by natives. 
