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Columbus taking possession of the New World

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  • Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony: First part of a North Carolina history text for secondary students, covering the land, American Indians before contact with Europeans, Spanish exploration, the Roanoke colony, and the Columbian Exchange. (Page 3.1)

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Painting of Christopher Columbus kneeling on a rocky coast, with a flag in his left hand and a sword in his right. He is surrounded by other men, and three ships are in the water behind him.

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Painting of Christopher Columbus taking possession of the new world. In the painting, Columbus kneels on a rocky coast, with a flag in his left hand and a sword in his right. He is surrounded by European men, some of them bearing flags. In the background, three ships are in the water.