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angel letter. The author was Guiliano Dati, Bishop of Saint Leone, 
born at Florence in 1445, and the author of several poems, which 
are among the rarest of bibliographical curiosities. 
On a large pedestal (5 1 ), in the next hall beyond Hall 8, will be 
found one of the guns planted near the palace of Diego Columbus 
at Santo Domingo in the year 1 509, being one of the largest guns 
that could be procured at that time, and placed there to destroy 
the palace at the first sign of insubordination on the part of Diego 
Columbus by the council sent over to restrain any attempt that 
might be made to establish an independent government. On 
pedestal (52) is a pile of stone, brick and tiles which represents all 
that remains of the town of Isabella, the first civilized settlement 
of the New World founded by Columbus on his second voyage in 
1493 - 
Returning to the main hall (Hall 9), 
Screens Nos. 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, lO, 11, 12, and 13 
should now be inspected in the order given. Here will be found 
facsimiles of letters written by Columbus, pictures, maps and 
charts relating to the publication of the discovery, the christening 
of the continent, the conquest of Mexico and Peru, and the settle- 
ment of other portions of America. 
Cases 29 and 30. — -Rare books in connection with the 
above. No. 623 — First Biography of Columbus ever published. 
No. 621 — The first published portrait of Columbus. No. 627 — One 
of the first books published concerning the West Indies. No. 
624 — Life of Columbus, by his son, Fernando. No. 635 — The 15 ii 
edition of Ptolemy. No. 620 — The book of Philopono; a curious 
description of the new world by a benedictine monk. No. 605 — 
Facsimile of the letter of Columbus to Rafael Sanchez. No. 622 — 
Manuscript copy, in Latin, of Ptolemy’s Cosmographiae, 1504. 
Case 30 — Illustrated Spanish Missal of the 15th century, from a 
Franciscan convent in the interior of Peru. 
No. 090. — Also on the South wall. Portraits of Gautrin Lud, 
founder of the Gymnase Vosgien, which christened America. 
No. 098. — Portrait of Jean Basin of Sandaucourt, the second 
member of the Gymnase. 
No. 097. — Portrait of Matthias Ringman, Member of the 
Gymnase Vosgien, who carried the letter of Americas Vespucius, 
which, when translated, christened the New World 
