Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-07-20

seven or eight hundred pictures, manu-
scripts, facsimiles, relicA models, etc
Here is the house in Genoa In which Co
lumbus is believed TO have been born; tn,
university at which he was taught LAtiI
and geography; the church in which b,
was married. at Lisbon; houses In whicl
he lived at the Aaderia islands. with
actual doors. windows and other article
from those habitations: views Of Rabidl
in Spain; paintings OF Columbus with hiI
son at the gate Of the convent beggins
bread; portrait Of Father Perez, who VA
Columbus friend; dozen pictures Of Co
lunbas before the Council Of Dominican
at Salamanca, endeaYoring TO make th4
wise men believe In the rotundity oS tn
earth, favorite topic Of the artists; sevss
al Paintings of Columbus a. he appeared
before the court Of Isabella; Heaton's pice
ure OF the recall Of Coiumbus-that recall
which took him back TO court after his re
quest for assistance had been denied and
finally sent him forth on his memorable
journey; portrait of Santangel, who wa
treasurer Of the fund appropriated to pay
the expense of the voyage, variously esti-
mated at from 5000 up to q 900, certainly
not a large sum for Isabella to raise BY
pawning her Jewels.
Nearly a hundred paintings, relics and
manuscripts are shown here as having
been associated with the voyage Of discov
cry, the voyage of the three caravels which
are anchored in Lake Michigan near the
walls of the convent. The record starts
with Columbus taking leave of his faith
ful friend, Father Perez, in the Rabida
and follows with his departure from
n,la t. t. al a
worthy OF the attention of the supersti
tious, that the contract between Columbus
and the sovereigns was signed on Friday
discovered land on Friday; set sail home
ward on Friday, and reached Palos on Fri
day.
There are pictures showing the mutiny
at sea, Columbus on the deck of his ship
and finally, and more interesting than oil
others, the first cry OF land" and the dis,
coyery of America. Mr.. Curtis gives
many pictures of Watlings island, Ba-
hamas, the island on which Columbus set
up his royal standards and to which he
gave the name san Salvador. Most o1
these pictures were made by the expedi-
ton which the Chicago Herald sent to the
Bahamas two years ago TO determine il
possible the spot on which Columbus
landed, and there to erect monument.
The expedition decided on the eastern
coast of Watlings as the scene of the land
fall, and the Investigations which the Co
Iumbian commissioner, Mr.. +. A. Oker,
subsequently made, confirmed the correct
ness of this decision. Geographers and
historians the world over now accept Wat
lings rs the San Salvador of Columbus
and the Guanahani of the natives. Mr..
Oker, whose official duty it was to follow
Columbus from the port of Palos through
ont his first voyage, has published hand.
some book called IN the Wake Of Colum.
bus" which il well worth reading; and
Mr.. Blaney, n noted artist of Boston, has
made beautiful etching Of the very spot
at which the discovery took place and
which was appropriately marked through
the enterprise of a Chicago newspaper.
Among many interesting Columbian
relies to be found here is an anchor los,
srom the Santa Maria on the coast OF
Hayti, Christmas eve, 1892. There is littls
or no doubt of its authenticity, and wa
found by Mr.. Oker after a long search,
Mr.. Curtis having obtained clue to iti
whereabouts.
We have also stone from the ruins of tn.
city of Isabella, founded by Columbus or
The shores of Santo Domingo, during his
tecond voyage, and the first civilized set
llement in America. Columbus built
there a church, a public store house,
known as the Kings Palace" and a resi-
dence for himself known as the Govern
or's Pala7 There We're also a number
Of private houses, and we have pile OF
stones, all that remains of the first city in
the new world, Moreover. here is tn,