Christopher Columbus: Discoverer of America 1492

Historical Era:

ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Keywords:

Christopher Columbus

Place Created: New York

Year Created: 1892

Historical Theme:

Globalization

Collection:

Everything You Need to Know About Columbus, by Gloria Deák

Categories of Documents:

Illustration

Description:

This lithograph, published in 1892, highlights Christopher Columbus as "Discoverer of America." This identification of Columbus reflects prevailing ideas at the time that associated Columbus with discovering the United States.

Physical description:

1 print : lithograph.

Source: Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1176.

Link to content:

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/90715953/