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OFFICIAL AND EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 KIRST KORTS, a^OWNS, CHURCH KS, &c. 
 
 BUILT BY 
 
 COL UM BUS. 
 
 HIS t^RISON ^rsID HIS R.KN1^INS. 
 
 RESTOS DE COLON^ 
 
 Futografias Oficiales de Fortalezas, Ciiidacles, Igiesias, Etc. 
 
 COXSTRUIDAS FOR 
 
 COLON EN SANTO DOMINGO. 
 
 S tA Prision i S u. s Restos IVlortales. 
 
 New York, J^lne 1, 1S9S. 
 I hereby certify that the views which appear in this 
 Album were produced from photograplis made by 
 order of tlie Dominican Government, and that tlaose 
 which represent the case containing the remains of 
 Columbus were the object of a ".Special Permission" 
 of that Government. vv«•^ - - ^ 
 
 F..L. TASQUEZ, 
 Consul General of the'Dominican Republic. 
 
 New York, lo. dc Junio dc 1S93. 
 Certifico que las vLstas que ajiarecen en este Album 
 han sido tomadas de fotograflas mandadas sacar por 
 el Gobierno Dominicano, y que las que T-eprcsciitan la 
 caja que contiene los restos de Colon, fueron objeto de 
 un perniiso especial del Gobierno. 
 
 El Consul General de la Republica Dominicana. 
 F. L. VASQUEZ. 
 
 Copyright, 1893, by F. L. Vasquez, .31 Broadway, New York. 
 
 Price One Dollar. 
 
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Prison of Coluiubus. 
 
 Photograph copyrighted, 1803, by F. L. Vasriupz. 
 
 Torre de Homenaje. 
 I 
 
 Carcel de Colon. 
 
I'liutuyrupli cupyriL;]ited, 1893, by F. L. Vasquez. 
 
 Statue of Columbus. 2 The Cathedral. 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of Columbus. 
 Description of the Views. Descripcion de las Vistas. 
 
 I Tower in San Domingo, in which 
 ColiTmbus was imprisoned by Bobadilla. 
 
 2. Cathedral of San Doming'o and 
 Statue of Cohimbus. 
 
 3. Isabella, site of first city in 
 America, founded by Columbus. 
 
 4. Ceiba, tree on the margin of the 
 Ozama to which Columbus made fast 
 his caravels. 
 
 5. Nispero Tree, under which Col- 
 umbus and his soldiers rested after the 
 first great battle with the Indians, in 
 which battle, they say, a miracle took 
 place, commemorated by the erection of 
 the church seen in the photograph. 
 
 6. Ruins of Fort Santo Tomas, the 
 first fort in the interior of San Domingo, 
 built b}^ Columbus. 
 
 1. Torre en Santo Domingo en que 
 estuvo Colon preso ,por orden de 
 Bobadilla. 
 
 2. Catedral de vSanto Domingo y 
 estatua de Colon. 
 
 3. Isabela, sitio donde estuvo la 
 primera ciudad de Anierica, fundada 
 por Colon. 
 
 4. Ceiba, arbol a orillas del Ozama 
 donde Colon amarro sus caravelas. 
 
 5. Arbol Nispero, bajo el cual des- 
 cansaron Colon y sus sol dados despues 
 de la primera gran batalla con los 
 indios, en la c[ue, dicen, se efectuo un 
 milagro, el cual conmemora esta iglesia. 
 
 6. Santo Tomas, primer fuerte 
 erijido por Colon en el interior de 
 Santo Domingo. 
 
Photograph copyriglited, 1893, by F. L. Vasquez, 
 
 3 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of Columbus. 
 
 7 and 8. Fortress, Concepcion de la 
 Vega, built by Columbus to begin the 
 conquest of the Indians. 
 
 9. Ruins of a church of the city of 
 Concepcion de la Vega, founded by 
 Columbus. 
 
 10. First chapel in America, built 
 by Bartolome Columbus in the city of 
 New Isabela. 
 
 11. Annexes of the Jesuit convent 
 in ruins, in an apartment of which 
 lived many years the venerable Fra. 
 Bartolome de Las Casas, companion 
 and historian of Columbus. In one of 
 these annexes was the first imiversity 
 in America. 
 
 12. San Nicolas, first church in 
 America. A conscience offering of 
 Govenor Ovando in vSan Domimro Citv. 
 
 7 i 8. Fortaleza de la Concepcion 
 de la Vega, construida por Colon, para 
 empezar la conquista de los indios de 
 Santo Domingo. 
 
 9. Ruinas de una iglesia en la 
 ciudad de Concepcion de la Vega, 
 fundada por Colon. 
 
 10. Primer capilla en Ameiica 
 erijida por Bartolome Colon en la 
 Nueva Isabela. 
 
 11. Anexidades del convento de 
 jesuistas en una de cuyas celdas vivid 
 muchos anos el venerable Fray Bartol- 
 ome de Las Casqs, companero e histori- 
 ador de Colon. La Real y Pontificia 
 Universidad de la Primada (primera en 
 America) ocupo una parte de ellas. 
 
 12. vSan Nicolas, primera iglesia en 
 America. Fundada en Santo Domingo 
 por el Gobernardor Ovando en des 
 cargo de su conciencia. 
 
I'liotograph copyrighted, 1893, by F. I . Vasquez. 
 4 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of Columbus. 
 
 13. House erected by the Viceroy 
 Diego Colon over a spring near the 
 city of San Domingo. 
 
 14. View of San Domingo City 
 from the Ozama river. 
 
 15. Front of the church annexed to 
 the convent of San Francisco, under the 
 entrance of which were deposited the 
 remains of Alonzo de Ojeda, removed 
 this year by the government of San 
 Domingo, and also the remains of Don 
 Bartolome Columbus not yet removed. 
 
 16 and 17. Reservation and church 
 of the last great Indian Cacique, En- 
 riquillo, assigned to him and his Indians 
 by Charles V. 
 
 18. vSan Domingo City. 
 
 19. Ruins, in vSan Domingo City, 
 of the palace of the Viceroy Don Diego 
 Columbus, the son of Christopher 
 
 13. Edificio de mamposteria man- 
 dado construir por el Virey Don Diego 
 Colon, i que ciibre una fuente, cerca de 
 la ciudad de vSanto Domingo. 
 
 14. Vista de la ciudad de Santo 
 Domingo desde el rio Ozama. 
 
 15. Frente y portada del templo 
 anexo al convento de wSan Francisco, 
 bajo cuyo portada estaban sepultados 
 los restos de Alonso de Ojeda, re- 
 movidos por el Gobierno Dominicano 
 en este ailo. Alii tambien se encuentran 
 los restos de Don Bartolme Colon. 
 
 16 i 17. Lugar e Iglesia donde resid- 
 io el ultimo Cacique, Enriquillo, con- 
 cedido a el y los tiltimos indios de 
 Santo Domingo por Carlos V. 
 
 18. Ciudad de Santo Domingo. 
 
 19. Ruinas, en la ciudad de Santo 
 Domingo, del palacio del Virey Don 
 
Photograph copyrighted, 1893, by F. u. Vasquez. 
 
 5 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of Columbus. 
 
 Columbus. In this palace was born 
 Don Luis Columbus, son of Diego and 
 the first Duke of Veragua, whose re- 
 mains are now in the Cathedral of San 
 Domingo. 
 
 20. Columbus wSquare and Govern- 
 ment biiilding in vSan Domingo. 
 
 21. Interior of the Cathedral of vSan 
 Domingo. 
 
 22. Interior of the vSan Domingo 
 Cathedral. 
 
 23. Vault of Don Diago Coliunbus, 
 opened by mistake by the Spaniards 
 in 1795, and also the 
 
 Vault of Christopher Columbus, 
 opened by the Dominicans in 1877. 
 
 24. Coffin of Columbr:s, open, rear 
 elevation. 
 
 Diego Colon, hijo del Descubridor. En 
 este palacio nacio Don Luis, hijo de 
 Don Diego y primer Ducpie de Veragua, 
 cuyos restos estan en la catcdral de 
 vSanto Domingo. 
 
 20. Plaza do Colon y palacio de 
 Gobeierno en la ciudad de Santo Do- 
 mingo. 
 
 21. Interior de la Catedral de vSanto 
 Domingo. 
 
 22. Interior de la Catedral de Santo 
 Domingo. 
 
 23 Bdveda de Don Diego Colon, 
 abierta por los espaiioles erradamente 
 en 1795, i tambien la 
 
 Boveda de Don Cristobal Colon, abi- 
 erta por los Dominicanos en 1877. 
 
 24. Caja cp.ie contiene los restos de 
 Cristobal Colon, abierta, vista por detras. 
 
Photograph copyriglited, 1893, bj- F. L. Vasquez. 
 
 6, 7, 8, 9. 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of Columbus. 
 
 25. Coffin of Columbus, open, front 
 elevation. 
 
 26. Silver plate, screws by which it 
 was attached to the inside of the coffin 
 of Cohimbus and a leaden bullet found 
 in the coffin. (Obverse.) 
 
 27. Silver plate, screws by which it 
 was attached to inside of coffin of Col- 
 umbus and a leaden bullet, of about one 
 ounce weight, found in the coffin. (Re- 
 verse. ) 
 
 28. Coffin of Columbus, closed, with 
 modern crystal casket on top. Front 
 elevation. 
 
 29. Coffin of Columbus, open, show- 
 ing some of the bones found therein. 
 
 30. Coffin of Columbus, end eleva- 
 tion. 
 
 25. Caja que contiene los restos de 
 Cristobal Colon, abierta, vista de frente. 
 
 26. Planchuela de plata, tornillos 
 que la sujetaban al interior de la caja 
 que contiene los restos de Colon i una 
 bala encontrada en la misma caja entre 
 el polvo. (Anverso.) 
 
 27. Planchuela de plata, tornillos 
 que la sujetaban al interior de la caja 
 que contiene los restos de Colon i una 
 bala encontrada en la misma caja entre 
 el polvo. (Reverso. ) 
 
 28. Caja que contiene los restos de 
 Colon con una urna moderna de cristal 
 encima. 
 
 29. Caja que contiene los restos de 
 Colon, abierta, mostrando los pedasos 
 de huesos. 
 
 30. Caja que contiene los restos de 
 Colon, lado derecho. 
 
Photograph copyrighted, 1893, b.N' F. L. Vasquez. 
 lO, II, 12, 13. 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of Columbus. 
 
 Coffin of Columbus, end eleva- 
 
 31 
 tion. 
 
 S2. Inscriptions in and on Columbus' 
 coffin copied by the German historian 
 R. Cronau. 
 
 31. Caja que contiene los restos de 
 Colon, lado izquerdo. 
 
 32. Inscripciones de la caja que con- 
 tiene los restos de Colon copiadas del 
 original por el historiador Aleman Don 
 Rodolfo Cronau. 
 
Photograph copyrighted, 1893, by F. L. Vasquez. 
 
 14, i5> 16, 17. 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of Columbus. 
 
 li^ntaiiie of ©oUttJtltite, 
 
 ^v*0toe he i^oion. 
 
 AS everything- relating to Columbus 
 is of historical importance and 
 particularly interesting at this time, 
 and as all impartial investigators now 
 agree as to the authenticity of the re- 
 mains found in San Domingo in 1877, 
 we present in the following pages a 
 concise relation of the principal histori- 
 cal incidents pertaining to the vener- 
 able relics so often disturbed by the per- 
 secutions of mistaken zeal, to say the 
 least, until in the present da3"s, after 
 a lapse of four centuries, is being cel- 
 ebrated the apotheosis of the Grand 
 Navigator who had the immense and 
 singular glory of giving one-half of a 
 planet to humanity. 
 
 COMO todo lo relative a Colon tiene 
 una gran importancia en estos mo- 
 mentos, y especialmente sus restos, por 
 la dicusion a que ha estado sujeta su au- 
 tenticidad, por fortuna ya reconocida 
 por el mundo imparcial en los hallados 
 en Santo Domingo en 1877, insertamos 
 a continuacion la relacion de los hechos 
 que ofrece la historia sobre tan ven- 
 erandas reliquias, perseguidas por el 
 error, por no decir otra cosa, hasta en 
 los presentes dias, y a travez de cua- 
 tro siglos, en que se celebra la apot- 
 eosis del insigne nauta, que tuvo la 
 inmensa y singular gloria de regalar 
 medio planeta a la humanidad. 
 
Photograph copyrighted, 1893, by F. L. Vasquez. 
 l8, 19, 20, 21. 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of Columbus. 
 
 Christopher Columbus died in 1506, 
 in Valladolid, Spain ; from there his re- 
 mains were removed to Sevilla in 15 13. 
 In 1537 they were transported to San 
 Domingo and deposited in the Cathe- 
 dral, side by side with those of his son 
 Diego, and where later on also were 
 interred those of his grandson Louis, 
 the first Duke of Veragua. 
 
 In 1655 the Archbishop, Don Fran- 
 cisco Pio, commanded that the vaults, 
 especially that of the great Admiral 
 Christopher, should be covered up 
 with earth and every sign obliterated 
 which could betray the location to the 
 English, who had made their appear- 
 ance in the harbor with a strong fleet to 
 take possession of the island. Thus it 
 came about that the synod which assem- 
 bled in 1683 declared that "the exact 
 
 En 1506 murid Colon en A'alladolid, 
 i de alii fueron trasladados sus restos 
 a Sevilla en 1513. En 1537 se ordeno 
 su traslado a Santo Domingo, en cuya 
 catedral fueron depositados junto con 
 los de su hijo Don Diego, siendo depos- 
 itados mas tarde los de su nieto Don 
 Luis, primer Duque de Veragua. 
 
 En 1655 mando el Arzobispo Don Fran- 
 cisco Pio borrar todas las seiiales de las 
 tumbas de los Colones, especialmente la 
 del " Almirante viejo, " para evitar que 
 fuesen profanadas por los ingleses, que 
 se presentaban en el puerto con una 
 armada para tomar posesion de la isla. 
 
 Ya en 16S3, veinte y ocho ailos mas 
 tarde, estaba confiado a la tradicion el 
 lugar exacto donde estaban los restos 
 de Colon, segun lo que escribio el Sinodo 
 que se celebrd en aquel aiio. 
 
 Un siglo mas tarde, 1783, mientras 
 
San Domingo — Tomb of Columbus. 
 
 place where rest the remains of Colum- 
 bus has been confided to tradition." 
 
 One century later, in 1783, according 
 to the statement of the Captain General 
 of the island, Don Ysadore Peralta, 
 ' ' while repairing the chancel of the Ca- 
 thedral, a leaden box, without any 
 inscription upon it, was encountered, 
 which was known to contain the remains 
 of Columbus according to a constant 
 and invariable tradition w^hich said that 
 the remains of Columbus were at the 
 right of the chancel." This is cer- 
 tified to by the ecclesiastical authorities 
 basing their opinion on the declaration 
 of the synod above quoted and on tra- 
 dition. 
 
 In 1795 the Spaniards, when abovit to 
 abandon the island, determined to take 
 the remains of the great discoverer to 
 Havana. 
 
 se reparaba el presbitero de la Catedral, 
 se encontro una caja de plomo, sin in- 
 scripcion, segun dice el Capitan General 
 de la isla Don Ysidoro Peralta, "pero 
 que se sabia contenia los restos de Colon 
 segun una tradicion constante e invari- 
 able" que decia que los restos de Colon 
 estaban en el lado derecho del presbi- 
 terio. Este hecho lo certificaron las 
 autoridades eclesiasticas, basandose en 
 lo dicho por el Smodo y en la tradicion. 
 
 En 1795, ^1 abandonar los espaiioles 
 la isla, resolvieron llevarse a la Habana 
 los restos del Descubridor. 
 
 Al practicar la exhumacion, no exis- 
 tiendo senales exteriores, ni teniendo 
 documentos que indicasen el lugar pre- 
 cise, procedieron a ella guiados por el 
 testimonio del Sinodo, por la certificacion 
 de las autoridades eclesiasticas en 17S3, 
 y por la tradicion reinante. esto es, por 
 
Pliotograph copyrighted, 1893, by F. L. Vasquez. 
 
 1795. 
 
 1877. 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of Colum.bus. 
 
 When making- the exhumation, no 
 exterior signs existed, and being with- 
 out documents to indicate the exact 
 locality, they were g-uided wholly by 
 the testimony of the synod, by the cer- 
 tificate of the ecclesiastical authorities 
 in 1783, and by the coasting tradition; 
 that is to say, by the well attested fact 
 that the Admiral was interred at the 
 right of the chancel. Under this guid- 
 ance they ►opened a stone vault from 
 which was extracted a leaden box with 
 human remains. Read the following 
 sworn official testimony of Hidalgo, the 
 secretary of the proceedings, and you 
 will easily understand that the remains 
 exhumed and carried to Havana corre- 
 sponded in every way with and were 
 the same seen in 1783, and, as subse- 
 quently proved, were those of Don 
 Diego Colon, which are now preserved 
 in Havana. 
 
 el hecho de que en el lado derecho del 
 presbiterio estaba enterrado el Almi- 
 rante, por lo que abrieron una boveda 
 de piedra de donde extrajeron una caja 
 de plomo con restos humanos. Vease 
 el acta que levataron al efecto, y se 
 comprendera facilmente que la caja que 
 exhuniaron corresponde en todo a la que 
 encontraron en 1783, c[ue segun se ha 
 visto despues, fue la de Don Diego 
 Colon, la cual llevaron a la Habana, 
 donde se conserva. 
 
 Hidalgo, el fiel y exacto escribano de 
 1795, dice llanamente lo que paso 
 entonces. " El dia 20 de Diciembre . . . 
 se abrio una boveda que estaba sobre 
 el presbiterio, al lado del Evanjelio, 
 pared principal y peana del altar mayor, 
 c|ue tiene como una vara cubica, y en 
 ella se encontraron iinas planchas como 
 de una tercia de largo, de plomo, in- 
 

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 PJintograph copyrighted, 1893, by F. L. Vasquez. 
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San Domingo— Tom'b of Columbus. 
 
 Hidalgo, the faithful and exact sec- 
 retary of 1795, wrote plainly as follows: 
 "On the 20th of December . . . was 
 opened a vault which was located under 
 the chancel, on the right, or gospel side, 
 near the principal wall, at the foot of 
 the chief altar. The capacity of the 
 vault was about one cubic yard, and in 
 it were found some pieces of sheet lead 
 about eleven inches long which had 
 evidently been parts of a box, or case 
 of that metal, also pieces of bones of 
 legs and arms and various other parts 
 of some human body, all of which were 
 collected in a large tray together with 
 all the earth, which, from being mixed 
 therewith, was recognized as having 
 formed a part of the same corpse, and 
 were placed in a gilded leaden coffin 
 fastened by an iron lock, the key of 
 which was delivered to the Archbishop. " 
 
 dicante de haber habido caja de dicho 
 metal, y pedazos de canillas y otras va- 
 rias partes de algun difunto, que se 
 recojieron en una salvilla y toda la 
 tierra cpie con ellos habia, que por los 
 fracmentos con que estaba mezclada se 
 conociaser despojos de aquel cadaver, 
 y todo se introdujo en una caja de 
 plomo dorada, con su cerradura de hier- 
 ro, la cual cerrada, se entregd la Have al 
 Sehor Arzobispo. " 
 
 En 1877, mientras se reparaba el 
 mismo presbisterio, se encontro la caja 
 de plomo que contcnia los restos de 
 Don Luis Colon, Duque dc Veragua, 
 
 Marques de , segun lo indicaba 
 
 una inscripcion. Algunos meses mas 
 tarde se descubrio la boveda de piedra 
 
Photogi-aph copyrighted, 1893, by F. L. Vasquez. 
 25 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of Columbus. 
 
 In 1877, while repairing- the chancel, 
 the leaden case containing the remains 
 of Don Louis Columbus, Duke de Vera- 
 
 gua, and Marquis de , as told by 
 
 the inscription, was encountered, and a 
 few months afterwards they re-dis- 
 covered the empty vault which had 
 been opened by the Spaniards in 1795. 
 Continuing the search they perforated 
 the wall of the vault, six and a half 
 inches thick, and found another and 
 larger vault occupying the most promi- 
 nent position beneath the chancel, 
 against the principal wall or muralla. 
 From this last vault was taken the case 
 or coffin from which the views here- 
 with presented are taken, and which, in 
 presence of all the foreign Consuls, in- 
 cluding the Consul of Spain, was unani- 
 mously declared t(j contain the genuine 
 
 vacia, que habian abierto los espaiioles ' 
 en 1795. Siguiendo los trabajos y a 
 travez de una pared de 16 centimetros 
 de grueso, se encontro otra boveda de 
 piedra mas grande, ocupando el lugar 
 mas preeminente en el presbiterio, y 
 tocando el muro de la derecha. De 
 esta ultima boveda se extrajo la caja 
 cuyas vistas aparecen en este album, y 
 la cual, en presencia de todos los Con- 
 sules extranjeros, incluso el espaiiol, se 
 proclamo unanimente ser la que con- 
 tenia los verdaderos restos de Colon, y 
 que permanece en vSanto Domingo 
 como prueba irrefragable de la verdad. 
 Como curiosidad, pues no merecen 
 los honores de la discusion, por ab- 
 surdos, consignamos los siguientes 
 erroneos hechos. 
 
26 
 
 Photograph copyrighted, 1893, by F. L. Vasquez. 
 
 27 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of ColumlDus. 
 
 remains of Columbus, and which now 
 exists in San Domingo as indisputable 
 evidence of the truth. 
 
 As a matter of curiosity, but too ab- 
 surd to be honored by discussion, we 
 mention the following" incidents : 
 
 To celebrate the quadri-centennial, 
 the "Imparcial," an important periodi- 
 cal of Madrid, published a magnificently 
 illustrated edition in which was exhib- 
 ited an engraving represcmting the case 
 or coffin, with all its inscriptions ex- 
 actly as it now exists in San Domin- 
 go, designating the same by a line un- 
 derneath, as the "Remains of Columbus 
 in Havana." 
 
 On the 29th of April, 1893, there ap- 
 peared in several newspapers of Chicago 
 and Xew York an account of an attempt 
 to steal from the convent of La Rabida 
 in Chicago an urn deposited in that edi- 
 
 Para la celebracion del cuarto cen- 
 tenario publico el "Imparcial," im- 
 portante periodico que se publica en 
 Madrid, una edicion de lujo en que 
 colocaron un grabado representando la 
 misma caja e inscripciones encontradas 
 en vSanto Domingo en 1877, y diciendo 
 debajo "Restos de Colon en la Habana. " 
 
 En 29 de Abril liltimo se ocuparon 
 algunos periddicos de Chicago y New 
 York de lui atentado que cometieron en 
 el Convento de la Rabida, en Chicago, 
 para robarse los restos de Colon de- 
 positados alli, refiriendose a los encon- 
 trados en Santo Domingo de donde no 
 se han movido ni se moveran. 
 
 Ultimamente aparece un periodico en 
 Boston, titulado "Youth Companion" 
 y publica un largo y bien escrito 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of Columbus. 
 
 fice containing- the ashes of Columbus, 
 and referring to the alleged ashes as 
 coming from San Domingo, from which 
 city his remains have not been and will 
 not be removed. 
 
 The "Youth's Companion," of Bos- 
 ton, recently published a most excellent 
 and interesting article, asserting the 
 authenticity of the remains in San Do- 
 mingo, from the pen of T. A. Ober, 
 commissioner from the Chicago Expo- 
 sition to the West Indies. This other- 
 wise exact and truthful article contained 
 the curious error of representing the 
 tomb of Columbus by that of a bishop 
 adorned with his image in stone, which 
 exists in the cathedral of San Domingo. 
 
 The foregoing examples illustrate the 
 persistency with which error has perse- 
 cuted and"^ still persecutes the truth re- 
 lating to the ashes of the great and 
 venerated navigator. 
 
 articulo aseverando la autenticidad de 
 los restos hallados en Santo Domingo 
 en 1877, y firmado por F. A. Ober, 
 Comisionado de la Exposicion de 
 Chicago en las Yndias Occidentales. 
 
 Nada tendriamos que criticar en 
 dicho articulo, si no apareciera en el 
 mismo periddico la tumba de Colon 
 representada por la de un Obispo con 
 su imagcn en piedra, que se conserva 
 en la Catedral de Santo Domingo. 
 
 Por los anteriores hechos puede verse 
 cuan tenazmente persiguid y persigue 
 el error las cenizas venerandas del gran 
 navegante. 
 
 Las Inscripciones en la caja que con- 
 tiene los Restos de Colon libre de ab- 
 breviaturas y oscuridades son las seg 
 
San Domingo— Tomb of Columbus. 
 
 The inscription on the coffin of Col- 
 umbus, freed from abbreviations and 
 obscurities and translated into English, 
 are as follows: On outside of cover, 
 "Discoverer of America," "First Ad- 
 miral." On the ends and front, " C. C. 
 A " interpreted by experts to mean 
 "Christopher Columbus, Admiral." On 
 the inside of cover, "Illustrious and 
 Exalted Baron Don Christopher Colum- 
 bus." On the face of silver plate, "Last 
 part of the remains of the First Admiral, 
 Don Christopher Columbus, Discov- 
 erer." On the back of the silver plate,^ 
 "U. Christopher Columbus," the "U " 
 being interpreted to mean "Urn of." 
 
 We now terminate our task, which 
 has been to present in a simple and 
 brief manner the facts relating to the 
 remains of Columbus, that the truth 
 may prevail and error be confounded, 
 and that humanity may be able properly 
 to direct its tribute of respect and grat- 
 itude over the ashes of the immortal 
 Discoverer of America. 
 
 uientes— Encima de la tapa: " Descu- 
 bridor de La America Primer Almi- 
 rante." En los extremos i frente: 
 "Cristobal Colon Almirante." En el 
 interior de la tapa: "Ilustre i Esclare- 
 cido Varon Don Cristobal Colon." En 
 el frente de la planchita de plata: 
 ' ' Ultima parte de los restos del Primer 
 Almirante Don Cristobal Colon." Del 
 lado atras de la misma planchita: " U 
 (urna de) Cristobal Colon." 
 
 Asi terminamos este Album, cuyo 
 bjecto ha sido presentar sencillamente 
 los hechos refereiites a los restos de 
 Colon, a fin de que brille la verdad, se 
 confunda cl error, y pueda la humani- 
 dad tributar homenage de respeto y 
 gratitud a las cenizas del immortal 
 Descubridor de America. 
 
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