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In Fourteen-Hundred and Ninety-Two, Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue (*)
After almost two years of inactivity, the site is updated again, 6 September 2009. The original site became too big to handle in the old fashioned way, with pages for each monument and indexes made by hand... The site is no completely restructured and based on a MYSQL-database.
The pages describing the monuments are almost identical, in fact only a map is added. The navigation however is completely different, but I think easier. Just use the blue tabs at the top of this page.
NB However, the restructuring means that only the main web-addres - http://columbus.vanderkrogt.net - is identical. All other pages have a new address. And the addresses are more complicated. For instance, the Barcelona statue had as address http://columbus.vanderkrogt.net/es/barcelona.html, the new address is
http://www.vanderkrogt.net/statues/object.php?webpage=CO&record=es012
so you better link to the main page.
I am not a specialist on Columbus. Do you have questions not related to monuments or statues? Don't ask me, but check:
Columbus Navigation Homepage — Columbus link page
— Christophe Colomb, L'Amiral de la mer Océane (French language)
IntroductionOn October 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus set foot upon one of the Bahamas. The Age of Discovery had begun. Columbus became a metaphor for discovery, adventure, bravery, daring and perseverance. He set into motion a series of historical events that resulted in an entirely new world.The first monument for Columbus was erected on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the discovery, in 1792, in Baltimore, Md. In the same time there was a serious movement afoot to rename the United States of America "Columbia." That goal was not achieved, but the capital district was given the name District of Columbia, and several cities across the United States were named Columbus or Columbia. In the 19th century about a dozen other monuments were erected to honor the Admiral. By the 400th anniversary, all of North America joined in a celebration that lasted an entire year. Italian Americans raised the money necessary to erect a giant monument to Columbus in New York City's Central Park. Exhibits, parades, and festivities throughout the country culminated in Chicago at the World's Columbian Exposition. In that year and the following years Columbus monuments mushroomed all over the world, especially in the United States. My research on the WWW and during my holidays resulted in over 400 memorials all over the world. This website has the intention to list and illustrate these monuments.
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 This metal figurine of 42 cm high is a gift from George Glazer (thanks George). Who can give me more information about it? When is it made, for what occasion, what was the model? |
