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El almirante Christoral Colon descubre la Isla Españ̃ola, iy haze poner una Cruz, etc. / P. B. Bouttats fec., Aqua forti.

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El almirante Christoral Colon descubre la Isla Españ̃ola, iy haze poner una Cruz, etc. / P. B. Bouttats fec., Aqua forti.

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Etching shows Christopher Columbus being greeted by native people upon his landing on the island of Hispanola. In the background, soldiers plant a cross and native women flee from the arriving sailors.
Illus. in: Historia general de las Indias Occidentales / Antonio de Herrero y Tordesillas, 1728.

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01/01/1728
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Bouttats, Pieter Balthazar, 1666-1755, engraver
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hispaniola
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