The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . HOUSE OCCUPIED BY COI^UMBUS ATFUNCHAL. discovered world. 4;6 LA RABIDA CONVENT. Exposition authorities, that no more appropriate building could beerected for the shelter of the historical collection and the relics ofColumbus than a fac-simile reproduction of this ancient andpicturesque monastery. The follovvinor classification of the historicalcollection will give a general idea of thecontents of La Rabida: Section A.—Geo-graphical. CATHEDRAI, AT and the science of navigation at the time of Columbus, i. Maps,charts and globes anteri
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . HOUSE OCCUPIED BY COI^UMBUS ATFUNCHAL. discovered world. 4;6 LA RABIDA CONVENT. Exposition authorities, that no more appropriate building could beerected for the shelter of the historical collection and the relics ofColumbus than a fac-simile reproduction of this ancient andpicturesque monastery. The follovvinor classification of the historicalcollection will give a general idea of thecontents of La Rabida: Section A.—Geo-graphical. CATHEDRAI, AT and the science of navigation at the time of Columbus, i. Maps,charts and globes anterior to Columbus. 2. Nautical and astro-nomical instruments. 3. Models of vessels. 4. Evidence of pre-Columbian discoveries. 5. Arms,armor, equipments, etc., of the Books known to Columbus, andportraits of their authors. Section B.—-The court of Ferdi-nand and Isabella. i. Portraits,autographs, and relics of the sov-ereigns ; pictures of scenes identifiedwith their lives, their tombs, andmonuments. 2. Portraits and relicsI of persons identified with the career of Columbus at court, orassociated with the discovery.
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