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The First voyage – Antique Print

The First voyage, Boston : Published by The Prang Educational Co., 1893. — antique lithograph
The First voyage, Boston : Published by The Prang Educational Co., 1893.. Antique lithograph from the Across America collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of The First voyage. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Titled *The First Voyage*, this chromolithograph shows a farewell in Spain rather than the later landfall, with Queen Isabella I of Castile among those present. The scene recalls the summer of 1492, when Columbus sailed from Palos with three ships backed by the Spanish crown. The Prang Educational Co. of Boston issued the print in 1893, the year of the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, when interest in the explorer ran high. Its stated purpose as an educational publisher gives it the feel of a classroom teaching picture as much as a record of events.

Created / publishedBoston : Published by The Prang Educational Co., 1893.
Medium1 print : chromolithograph.
GenreChromolithographs Color 1890-1900.
Notes40795Y U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsColumbus, Christopher--Journeys--West Indies. Isabella--I,--Queen of Spain,--1451-1504. Discovery & exploration--West Indies--1490-1500. Farewells--Spain--1490-1500.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,112 × 1,703 px · prints to 7 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-215875

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