Christopher Columbus, and his Monument Columbia

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Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus), 1859-1950

Title

Christopher Columbus and his monument Columbia : being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose

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Produced by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

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English

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E011: History: America: America

Subject

Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 -- Monuments

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29496

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29496

Release Date

July 23, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS — AND HIS MONUMENT
2. 2.COLUMBIA — BEING — A Concordance of Choice Tributes To the Great Genoese, His Grand Discovery, and His Greatness of Mind and Purpose. — THE TESTIMONY OF ANCIENT AUTHORS, THE TRIBUTES OF MODERN MEN. — ADORNED WITH THE SCULPTURES, SCENES, AND PORTRAITS OF THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
6. 6.Columbus and His Monument Columbia.
7. 7.THE LIFE OF COLUMBUS.
8. 8.Selected Letters of Columbus — COLUMBUS'S OWN ACCOUNT OF HIS GREAT DISCOVERY — COLUMBUS AND GENOA. — HIS PATIENCE AND NOBILITY OF MIND UNDER SUFFERING AND IN THE MIDST OF UNDESERVED INDIGNITIES. — SHIPWRECK AND MARRIAGE. — PUT NOT YOUR TRUST IN PRINCES. — THE SELF-SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION OF COLUMBUS. — THE TRUST OF COLUMBUS. — SIGNATURE OF COLUMBUS. — THE LAST WORDS OF COLUMBUS.
9. 9.Columbus and Columbia. — COLUMBUS.
10. 10.COLUMBUS — REVERENCE AND WONDER. — THE GREATNESS OF COLUMBUS. — ANCIENT ANCHORS. — COLUMBUS AND THE CONVENT OF LA RÁBIDA. — THE EARNESTNESS OF COLUMBUS. — EACH THE COLUMBUS OF HIS OWN SOUL. — A SUPERIOR SOUL. — COLUMBUS DARED THE MAIN. — THE WORLD A SEAMAN'S HAND CONFERRED. — THE RIDICULE WITH WHICH THE VIEWS OF COLUMBUS WERE RECEIVED. — THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENTS. — THE DARK AGES BEFORE COLUMBUS. — THE LEGEND OF COLUMBUS. — COLUMBUS THE CONQUEROR. — THE EXAMPLE OF COLUMBUS. — PALOS—THE DEPARTURE. — THE NAVIGATOR AND THE ISLANDS. — THE FIRST AMERICAN MONUMENT TO COLUMBUS. — THE ITALIAN STATUE. — COLUMBUS—THE FULFILLER OF PROPHECY. — COLUMBUS THE MARINER. — A COLUMBUS BANK NOTE. — THE BARCELONA STATUE. — DESCRIPTION OF THE MONUMENT. — LEGEND OF A WESTERN LAND. — LEGEND OF A WESTERN ISLAND. — COLUMBUS AN IDEAL COMMANDER. — MAN'S INGRATITUDE. — "ONLY THE ACTIONS OF THE JUST." — QUEEN ISABELLA'S DEATH. — COLUMBUS' CHAINS HIS CROWN. — PROPHETIC VISIONS URGED COLUMBUS ON. — COLUMBUS, THE PATHFINDER OF THE SHADOWY SEA. — RELIGIOUS OBJECT OF COLUMBUS. — THE NOBILITY OF COLUMBUS IN ADVERSITY. — COLUMBUS BELL. — THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF COLUMBUS. — WESTWARD RELIGION'S BANNERS TOOK THEIR WAY. — COLUMBUS NO CHANCE COMER. — THE CERTAIN CONVICTIONS OF COLUMBUS. — THE COLUMBUS OF MODERN TIMES. — THE BOSTON STATUE. — YOU CAN NOT CONQUER AMERICA. — THE INDOMITABLE COURAGE OF COLUMBUS. — THE SANTA MARIA CARAVEL. — THE SCARLET THORN. — CAPTAIN AND SEAMEN. — THE BEAUTIES OF THE BAHAMA SEA. — WHEN HISTORY DOES THEE WRONG. — CABOT'S CONTEMPORANEOUS UTTERANCE. — COLUMBUS, THE SEA-KING. — OUTBOUND. — THE TRIBUTES OF THE PHŒNIX OF THE AGES. — HERSCHEL, THE COLUMBUS OF THE SKIES. — THE DISCOVERIES OF COLUMBUS AND AMERICUS. — ALL WITHIN THE KEN OF COLUMBUS. — COLUMBUS A HERETIC AND A VISIONARY TO HIS CONTEMPORARIES. — LIKE HOMER—A BEGGAR IN THE GATE. — THE FIRST CATHOLIC KNIGHT. — BY FAITH COLUMBUS FOUND AMERICA. — THE CITY OF COLON STATUE. — THE COLUMBUS OF LITERATURE. — THE COLUMBUS OF THE HEAVENS. — THE COLUMBUS OF MODERN TIMES. — THE COLUMBUS OF THE SKIES. — THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF COLUMBUS. — THE SONG OF AMERICA. — THE FLEET OF COLUMBUS. — COLUMBUS COLLECTION. — COLUMBUS' HAVEN. — CUBA'S CAVES—THE MANTLE OF COLUMBUS. — THE PORTRAITS OF COLUMBUS. — THE STANDARD OF MODERN CRITICISM. — AN ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY TRIBUTE. — THE MUTINY AT SEA. [35] — THREE DAYS. — HONOR THE HARDY NORSEMEN. — BRILLIANTS FROM DEPEW. — GENOA—WHENCE GRAND COLUMBUS CAME. — THE VISION OF COLUMBUS. — COLUMBUS' STATUE IN CHICAGO. — DREAM. — A PEN-PICTURE FROM THE SOUTH. — BARTOLOMEO COLUMBUS. — FIRST GLIMPSE OF LAND. — SAN SALVADOR, OR WATLING'S ISLAND. — THE MYSTERY OF THE SHADOWY SEA. — PALOS. — AN UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY. — SAGACITY. — THE VOICE OF THE SEA. — THE REASONING OF COLUMBUS. — STRANGER THAN FICTION. — THE COLUMBUS OF THE HEAVENS—SCORNED. — FAME. — TRIFLING INCIDENT. — EXCITEMENT AT THE NEWS OF THE DISCOVERY. — VINLAND. — CRITICAL DAYS. — AN APPROPRIATE HOUR. — RANGE OF ENTERPRISE. — FRIDAY. — A PREVIOUS DISCOVERY. — GENIUS TRAVELS EAST TO WEST. — OBSERVATION LIKE COLUMBUS. — THE GENOA INSCRIPTION. — THE GENOA STATUE. — GERMANY AND COLUMBUS. — GERMANY'S EXHIBIT OF RARITIES. — THE REASON FOR SAILORS' SUPERSTITIONS. — ONCE THE PILLARS OF HERCULES WERE THE END OF THE WORLD. — NEW LIGHT ON CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. — SECRET. — THE PERIOD. — MORNING TRIUMPHANT. — TENDENCY. — NEW LIFE. — TRIUMPH OF AN IDEA. — THE EAST LONGED FOR THE WEST. — LIFE FOR LIBERTY. — GENOA. — THE CELEBRATION AT HAMBURG. — SEEKER AND SEER—A RHYME FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE WORLD'S FAIR. — THE JESUIT GEOGRAPHER. — COLUMBUS DAY. — THE ADMIRATION OF A CAREFUL CRITIC. — THE CARE OF THE NEW WORLD. — THE TRIBUTE OF HEINRICH HEINE. — COLUMBUS' AIM NOT MERELY SECULAR. — THE BELIEF OF COLUMBUS. — SPECULATION. — RELIGION TURNS TO FREEDOM'S LAND. — THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF COLUMBUS. — AN INCIDENT OF THE VOYAGE. — THE EFFECT OF THE DISCOVERY. — COLUMBUS THE FIRST DISCOVERER. — THE PENETRATION AND EXTREME ACCURACY OF COLUMBUS. — A FLIGHT OF PARROTS WAS HIS GUIDING STAR. — COLUMBUS A GIANT. — THE MAJESTY OF GRAND RECOLLECTIONS. — RELIGION. — ARMA VIRUMQUE CANO. — PRACTICAL AND POETICAL. — A VISIT TO PALOS. — COLUMBUS AT SALAMANCA. — A MEMORIAL TO COLUMBUS AT OLD ISABELLA. — FROM THE ITALIAN. — SEARCHER OF THE OCEAN. — FELIPA, WIFE OF COLUMBUS. — INCREASING INTEREST IN COLUMBUS. — THE MECCA OF THE NATION. — THE CAUSE OF THE DISCOVERY. — MAGNANIMITY. — THE IDEAS OF THE ANCIENTS. — THE LAKE FRONT PARK STATUE OF COLUMBUS. — COLUMBUS THE CIVILIZER. — THE PSALM OF THE WEST. — PASSION FOR GOLD. — THE TRIBUTE AND TESTIMONY OF THE POPE. — COLUMBUS THE GLORY OF CATHOLICISM. — THE POPE REVIEWS THE LIFE OF THE DISCOVERER. — TO SPAIN. — WRAPPED IN A VISION GLORIOUS. — BY THE GRACE OF GOD HE WAS WHAT HE WAS. — IN HONOR OF COLUMBUS. — THE IMPREGNABLE WILL OF COLUMBUS. — COLUMBUS THE KING OF DISCOVERERS. — THE PATIENCE OF COLUMBUS. — VESPUCCI AN ADVENTURER. — COLUMBUS NEITHER A VISIONARY NOR AN IMBECILE. — THE COLUMBUS MONUMENT IN MADRID. — VISIT OF COLUMBUS TO ICELAND. — SYMPATHY FOR COLUMBUS. — COLUMBUS HEARD OF NORSE DISCOVERIES. — COLUMBUS AND COPERNICUS. — COLUMBUS AND THE FOURTH CENTENARY OF HIS DISCOVERY. — A DISCOVERY GREATER THAN THE LABORS OF HERCULES. — GENIUS TRAVELED WESTWARD. — MISSION AND REWARD. — EAGER TO SHARE THE REWARD. — COLUMBUS STATUE, CITY OF MEXICO. — THE TRIBUTE OF JOAQUIN MILLER. — ADMIRAL OF MOSQUITO LAND. — COLUMBUS AND THE INDIANS. — INTENSE UNCERTAINTY. — THE FIRST TO GREET COLUMBUS. — COLUMBA CHRISTUM-FERENS—WHAT'S IN A NAME? — CIRCULAR LETTER OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF NEW ORLEANS ON THE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS CELEBRATION. — THE COLUMBUS STATUE IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — THE COLUMBUS MEMORIAL ARCH IN NEW YORK. — THE SPANISH FOUNTAIN IN NEW YORK. — FESTIVAL ALLEGORY FOR THE NEW YORK CELEBRATION OF THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF COLUMBUS' DISCOVERY, 1892. — STRANGE AND COLOSSAL MAN. — TALES OF THE EAST. — A PROTEST AGAINST IGNORANCE. — THE EARTH'S ROTUNDITY. — HANDS ACROSS THE SEA. — THE PAN-AMERICAN TRIBUTE. — THE GIFT OF SPAIN. — COLUMBUS THE BOLDEST NAVIGATOR. — COLUMBUS THE PATRON SAINT OF REAL-ESTATE DEALERS. — THE MUTINY. — THE TRACK OF COLUMBUS. — DEATH WAS COLUMBUS' FRIEND. — PETRARCH'S TRIBUTE. — COLUMBUS A VOLUMINOUS WRITER. — HIS LIFE WAS A PATH OF THORNS. — UNWEPT, UNHONORED, AND UNSUNG. — NEW STAMPS FOR WORLD'S FAIR YEAR. — THE CHARACTER OF COLUMBUS. — FROM PALOS TO BARCELONA—HIS TRIUMPH. — THE CLAIM OF THE NORSEMEN. — PULCI'S PROPHECY. — CHRISTOPHER, THE CHRIST-BEARER. — PLEADING WITH KINGS FOR A NEW WORLD. — LAST DAYS OF THE VOYAGE. — ROLL OF THE CREWS OF THE THREE CARAVELS. — COLUMBUS A THEORETICAL CIRCUMNAVIGATOR. — AN IMPORTANT FIND OF MSS. — CHILDREN OF THE SUN. — THE BRONZE DOOR AT WASHINGTON. — SANTA MARIA RÁBIDA, THE CONVENT—RÁBIDA. — GENOA. — LAUNCHED OUT INTO THE DEEP. — STATUARY AT SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. — A MONUMENT NEAR SALAMANCA. — HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. — THE SANTIAGO BUST. — THE ST. LOUIS STATUE. — SOUTHERN AMERICA'S TRIBUTE. — THE STATUE IN BOSTON. — STATUE AT GENOA. — THE STATUE AT PALOS. — THE STATUE IN PHILADELPHIA. — THE STEBBINS STATUE. — SANTO DOMINGOAN CANNON. — THE SANTA MARIA CARAVEL. — AT PALOS. — A REMINISCENCE OF COLUMBUS. — THE DENSE IGNORANCE OF THOSE DAYS. — SENECA'S PROPHECY. — THE TOMB IN SEVILLE. — ONWARD! PRESS ON! — COLUMBUS. — COLUMBUS. — THE NORSEMAN'S CLAIM TO PRIORITY. — COLUMBUS BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA. — COLUMBUS A MARTYR. — DIFFICULTIES BY THE WAY. — DESIGN FOR THE SOUVENIR COINS. [57] — THE DARKNESS BEFORE DISCOVERY. — GREATEST EVENT. — THE DOUBTS OF COLUMBUS. — THE ERROR OF COLUMBUS. — THE TRIBUTE OF TASSO. — KNOWLEDGE OF ICELANDIC VOYAGES. — GLORY TO GOD. — TENNYSON'S TRIBUTE. — NEW YORK CELEBRATED THE TERCENTENARY. — COLUMBUS' SUPREME SUSPENSE. — GREAT WEST. — THE ROUTE TO THE SPICE INDIES. — A VISIT TO PALOS. — BIBLE. — TESTIMONY OF A CONTEMPORARY AS TO THE TREATMENT OF COLUMBUS. — THE VALPARAISO STATUE. — COLUMBUS AND THE EGG. — THE MAN OF THE CHURCH. — ATTENDANT FAME SHALL BLESS. — VANDERLYN'S PICTURE AT WASHINGTON. — COLUMBUS STATUE AT WASHINGTON, D. C. — THE WATLING'S ISLAND MONUMENT RAISED BY THE CHICAGO "HERALD." — WEST INDIAN STATUES. — COLUMBUS, 1492. — COLUMBUS LORD NORTH'S "BÊTE NOIR." — HARDY MARINERS HAVE BECOME GREAT HEROES. — TASSO'S TRIBUTE IN ENGLISH SPENSERIAN STANZA. — CANTO XV. — NOAH AND COLUMBUS. — A GRAND PROPHETIC VISION. — DE MORTUIS, NIL NISI BONUM. — ON A PORTRAIT OF COLUMBUS. — GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT. — THE FATE OF DISCOVERERS.
11. 11.Columbus and Columbia. — COLUMBIA.
12. 12.COLUMBIA — AMERICAN FUTURITY. — AMERICA THE OLD WORLD. — DISCOVERY OF THE BIRD OF WASHINGTON. — ONE VAST WESTERN CONTINENT. — THE RISING OF THE WESTERN STAR. — THE AMERICAN FLAG. — NATIONAL SELF-RESPECT. — COLUMBIA—A PROPHECY. — THE FINAL STAGE. — BRIGHT'S BEATIFIC VISION. — BROTHERS ACROSS THE SEA. — THE GRANDEUR OF DESTINY. — AMERICAN NATIONAL HASTE. — AMERICA'S UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH. — AMERICA THE CONTINENT OF THE FUTURE. — NOBLE CONCEPTIONS. — THE GRAND SCOPE OF THE COLUMBIAN CELEBRATION. — AMERICAN NATIONALITY. — THE LOVE OF COUNTRY. — THE UNITED STATES STEAMSHIP COLUMBIA. — THE FIRST AMERICAN. — COLUMBIA THE MONUMENT OF COLUMBUS. — AMERICAN IDEA. — YOUNG AMERICA. — A HIDDEN WORLD. — COLUMBIA THE QUEEN OF THE WORLD. — A DEFINITION OF PATRIOTISM. — AMERICA—OPPORTUNITY. — THE SEQUEL OF THE DISCOVERY. — YOUNG AMERICA. — RESPONSIBILITY. — ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC. — GREATEST CONTINUOUS EMPIRE. — TYPICAL AMERICAN. — GRATITUDE AND PRIDE. — NATURE SUPERIOR. — AMERICA'S WELCOME. — OUR GREAT TRUST. — ON FREEDOM'S GENEROUS SOIL. — NATIONAL HERITAGE. — SIFTED WHEAT. — CENTER OF CIVILIZATION. — A YOUTHFUL LAND. — THE COLUMBIAN CHORUS. — SOVEREIGN OF THE ASCENDANT. — LAND OF LIBERTY. — THE SHIP COLUMBIA. — COLUMBIA'S EMBLEM. — EAST AND WEST. — THE PRIMITIVE PITCH. — MORAL PROGRESS. — A PROPHETIC UTTERANCE OF COLONIAL DAYS. — NATIONAL INFLUENCE. — AN ELECT NATION. — THE NAME "AMERICA." — THE COLUMBINE AS THE EXPOSITION FLOWER. — THE SONG OF '76. — MAN SUPERIOR. — AMERICAN SCENERY. — LIBERTY HAS A CONTINENT OF HER OWN. — LOVE OF AMERICA. — GENIUS OF THE WEST. — GOD SAVE AMERICA. — A VOICE OF WARNING.
13. 13.INDEX OF AUTHORS. — COLUMBUS.
14. 14.INDEX OF AUTHORS. — COLUMBIA.
15. 15.INDEX OF HEAD LINES.
16. 16.INDEX OF STATUARY AND INSCRIPTIONS. — THE RIALTO SERIES. — BY MARAH ELLIS RYAN — FOR SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. — SQUAW ÉLOUISE. — A PAGAN OF THE ALLEGHANIES. — TOLD IN THE HILLS. — IN LOVE'S DOMAINS. A TRILOGY. — MERZE; THE STORY OF AN ACTRESS. — FOOTNOTES:

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