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Columbus Taking Possession of the New Country – Antique Wall Art

Columbus Taking Possession of the New Country — historic image
Columbus Taking Possession of the New Country. Historic image from the Across America collection.

(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 historic image of Columbus Taking Possession of the New Country. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Columbus Taking Possession of the New Country

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Columbus planting a banner on a newly sighted shore captures the ceremonial claim he made for the Spanish crown after his first landfall in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492. Scenes like this were popular in 19th-century American art and print, when painters and engravers often cast the voyage as a heroic founding story and showed the explorer in dramatic, formal poses. The picture is as revealing about the era that made it as about the events it shows, and the Indigenous people who already lived on these lands are typically absent or pushed to the margins.

Original scan9,911 × 7,591 px · prints to 33 × 25 in at 300 dpi
Reference02388u

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