LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

COLUMBUS. FROM OLDEST WOOD-CUT EXTANT, BY PAOLO GIOVIO,

1575 . .

. Frontispiece.

CARAVEL OF COLUMBUS. FROM DRAWING SENT BY HIM TO QUEEN
ISABELLA, 1492 . .

AMERICAN CRUISER CHICAGO, 1892

WASHINGTON. AFTER HALL & SONS' ENGRAVING FROM THE ST.
MEMIN CRAYON

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ENGRAVING FROM JOHN DAEL'S PAINTING.

WASHINGTON COAT OF ARMS