Chromolithograph *Columbus Taking Possession of the New Country*, published in 1893, depicting Christopher Columbus taking possession of the island of San Salvador on behalf of the Spanish Crown on 12 October 1492. Columbus, dressed in magnificent robes, is depicted in the foreground, surrounded by his sailors hoisting the Spanish flags, whilst in the background the ships (caravels) and tropical vegetation can be seen, an authentic, high-resolution, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date of the depiction unknown, American history, historical
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Chromolithograph *Columbus Taking Possession of the New Country*, published in 1893, depicting Christopher Columbus taking possession of the island of San Salvador on behalf of the Spanish Crown on 12 October 1492. Columbus, dressed in magnificent robes, is depicted in the foreground, surrounded by his sailors hoisting the Spanish flags, whilst in the background the ships (caravels) and tropical vegetation can be seen, an authentic, high-resolution, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date of the depiction unknown, American history, historical

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BRK26I57_340

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Royalty free

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193.0Mb (64.3Mb) / 31.1in x 24.1in / 9331 x 7229 (300dpi)

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