From James Searle1    1 May 1893

May 1st 93

My Dear Baron,

The following is the list of slides I had prepared for the Columbus festival

1 32

Columbus.  3 different portraits

4

Bartholomus Columbus3

5

King Ferdinand

6

Queen Isabella

7

Las Casas4

8

Cardinal Ximenes5

9

Vasco de Gama

10

The Arms of Columbus

11

Columbus's Armour

14

Ship 15th Century

13

Ship AD 1486

12

Ships of Columbus

15

Palos6

20

Convent of La Rabeda7

16

Mutiny of Columbus's Crew

17

Landing of Columbus8

18

Mass on shore

19

Wreck of the "Santa Maria"

21

House where Columbus died

in all, 21 slides. If you will arrange the order in which you wish them shown and let me have a list you will oblige.

Yours very faithfully

J Searle.9

1
The MS comprises two sheets slipped into the Society's minute book.
2
The numbers beside the different items have been added in green pencil in a different hand.
3
MS annotation by M: '(the brother)'.
4
MS annotation by M: '(the Bishop)'.
5
MS annotation by M: 'who influenced the Queen favorably'.
6
MS annotation by M: 'Harbour of Departure'.
7
MS annotation by M: '(the turning point in his fortunes'.
8
MS annotation by M: 'San Salvador'.
9
In opening a general meeting of the Victorian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia on 3 May 1893, M as President of the Branch referred to the Branch’s celebration the previous October of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voyage to America, and to the opening more recently of the World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago (B94.06.02). Following his address and the reading by the Secretary, A. C. Macdonald, of a letter from the American Consul-General, ‘A series of portraits of Columbus, King Ferdinand, Queen Isabella, and persons and scenes connected with the discoveries of Columbus were then shown, by means of the lime-light lantern, by Mr. Searle, and explained by Mr. Macdonald’.

Please cite as “FVM-93-05-01,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/93-05-01