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Christopher Columbus' first landing in America
Dióscoro Puebla1862
The Portuguese Task Force for the Commemorations of the V Centenary of Circumnavigation
Algés, Portugal
The scene represents, according to a very personal interpretation by the painter, the first expedition to the Indies by Christopher Columbus (1451/1456?-Valladolid, 1506), and his arrival in Guanahaní on 12 October 1492, naming this land San Salvador. (1st paragraph wikicommons)
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- Title: Christopher Columbus' first landing in America
- Creator: Dióscoro Puebla
- Date Created: 1862
- Location: Prado Museum
- Physical Dimensions: Altura: 330,0 cm; Ancho: 545,0 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: óleo sobre tela
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