THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR, LENOX

TILDEN FOUNDATI. NS

FROM PAINTING BY VANDERLYN

THE LANDING OF COLUMBUS

The World's Great Events

COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES

An Indexed History of the World
from B. C. 4004 to A. D. 1908

BY

ESTHER SINGLETON

AUTHOR OF

"Turrets, Towers, and Temples," "Great Pictures," "Wonders of Nature," "Romantic
Castles and Palaces," "Paris," "London," "Love in Literature and Art,”
"A Guide to the Opera," and "Story of the Universe"

ILLUSTRATED WITH THIRTY-TWO
FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS ESPECIALLY
MADE FOR THIS WORK

VOLUME III,

A. D. 1485-A. D. 1692

NEW YORK

NEW YORK

P. F. COLLIER & SON