[Christopher Columbus leaving Spain to go to America] – Historic Print
![[Christopher Columbus leaving Spain to go to America], [London : J. Edwards, 1800?] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2f/2fec7de497d0-L.webp)
(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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This rare antique engraving captures [Christopher Columbus leaving Spain to go to America] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Christopher Columbus leaving Spain to go to America]
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Columbus's departure from Spain is the subject here, rather than one of the New World scenes that fill the rest of this board. The print is an engraving published in London by J. Edwards around 1800, with the question mark in the date signaling that the exact year is uncertain. It appears as plate VIII in a later edition of America, part 4, the series of voyages and travel accounts first issued by Theodore de Bry in the 1590s. Because the engraving depicts a voyage from 1492 but was made more than three centuries later, it shows how European readers of the 1800s pictured the start of the Atlantic crossing.
| Created / published | [London : J. Edwards, 1800?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Conjectural works 1800.Engravings 1800. |
| Notes | Illus. in: America, part 4 / Theodore de Bry, 1528-1598, ed., 1800?, plate VIII. |
| Subjects | Columbus, Christopher--Journeys--America. Discovery & exploration--America--1490-1500. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,280 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178882 |
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