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View of St James's Place

clad in a hair shirt

'Winter Fashions from November 1834 to April 1835'

Viscount Castlereagh bows

Columbus 'discovering America' Size:Large: 7 x 5in View of St James's PlaceColumbus 'discovering America', 1492, (c1600). Christopher Columbus meeting the allegorical figure of America, depicted as a woman in a hammock. Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus set out to discover a westward route to Asia. He landed on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, claiming it for Spain. Plate 2 from Nova Reperta (New Discoveries), c1600.

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