Text and signature of Pope Leo XIII, written on the 400 year anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America in 1492. Written in Latin it translates thus, "By divine inspiration and work of Columbus a new world emerged from the waters. Colon is ours." From La Ilustracion Artistica, published 1887.

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