Columbus 'discovering America' Finish:Rolled Representations of the Common torpedo

Representations of the Common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo) and the Marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata) from classical sources

Half full dresses

Design by Frederic Barnett for a 'duplex' low-level bridge

Members of the Secret Committee of the House of Commons seated round a table

Columbus 'discovering America' Finish:Rolled Representations of the Common torpedoColumbus 'discovering America', 1492, (c1600). Christopher Columbus meeting the allegorical figure of America, depicted as a woman in a hammock. Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus set out to discover a westward route to Asia. He landed on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, claiming it for Spain. Plate 2 from Nova Reperta (New Discoveries), c1600.