Sunday, November 7, 2010

Seafaring Sunday: A Last Return

November 7, 1504: Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his fourth and final voyage to the New World. For Europe, the riches are close enough to taste. For the Americas, the horror has only just begun.

Header: "The Departure of Columbus from Palos in 1492" by Emanuel Leutze via the Library of Congress (www.loc.gov/pictures). Many thanks to anonymous for the info ~ 12/9/2010
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6 comments:

  1. Timmy!November 7, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    Ahoy, Pauline! Boy, everybody sure looks clean in that painting... And how "heroic" is that pose the artist has ol' Chris in? I'm sure it looked EXACTLY like that, Pirate Queen... j/k.

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  2. PaulineNovember 8, 2010 at 9:22 AM

    Ahoy, Timmy! I know, right? That painting is from the Victorian era so yeah; it's like watching "The Buccaneer" where everyone is clean and pressed in Barataria. Umm... Probably not so much.

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  3. Charles L. WallaceNovember 8, 2010 at 3:42 PM

    hahaha! I was just thinking the same thing :-)

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  4. AnonymousDecember 8, 2010 at 8:11 PM

    Title and artist of the painting, please?

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  5. AnonymousDecember 9, 2010 at 10:16 AM

    Found it! It's "The Departure of Columbus from Palos in 1492" by Emanuel Leutze.

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  6. PaulineDecember 9, 2010 at 11:08 AM

    Ahoy, Anon and thankee! I've updated the post with your much appreciated info.

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