COLUMBUS MONUMENTS PAGES

Place Artist Date Type
Stella Maris (Long Island) (Bahamas)
 monument

Columbus Monument Landing

Inscription:

THIS
MONUMENT
IS DEDICATED TO
THE GENTLE PEACEFUL AND HAPPY
ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
OF LONG ISLAND
THE LUCAYANS
AND
TO THE ARRIVAL OF
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
ON
OCT. 17, 1492.

Notes:

Columbus Harbour is the spot where Columbus anchored off and came ashore by long boat October 16th, 1492. Just north of it, on cliffs from 100' high, sits the monument commemorating Columbus' Landing and his brief trading with the natives of Yuma.

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