The 400th anniversary of the event inspired the first official Columbus Day holiday in the United States. Tammany, also known as the Columbian Order, it commemorated the 300th anniversary of Columbus’ landing. The first recorded celebration of Columbus Day in the United States took place on October 12, 1792. The Library of Congress’s copy of this work is one of the Top Treasures included in the online exhibition American Treasures of the Library of Congress. In 1502, four copies of the book were known to exist. Columbus further modified the design to include a continent beside the pictured islands.īefore his final voyage, the Spanish monarchs prepared a Book of Privileges, a collection of agreements showing how Columbus was remunerated for his explorations. His new coat of arms added the royal charges of Castile and Leon and an image of islands to his traditional family crest. Rare Book & Special Collections DivisionĪs a reward for his valuable discovery, the Spanish crown granted Columbus the right to bear arms. Photoreproduction from Theodor de Bry and Charles de la Roncière, La Floride Française: Scènes de la vie Indiennes, peintes en 1564. The next day, the ninety crew members of Columbus’ three-ship fleet ventured onto the Bahamian island that he named San Salvador (now Watling Island, and then called Guanahaní by the natives), ending a voyage begun nearly ten weeks earlier in Palos, Spain. Early in the morning of October 12, 1492, a sailor on board the Pinta sighted land, beginning a new era of European exploration and expansion.
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