Memorials in Washington DC

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(1451-1506) Genoese navigator, colonizer and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean initiated widespread contact between Europeans and indigenous Americans. Commemoration features statue and prow of the ship symbolizing Discovery (James Goode, author of "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capital"). Other elements represent the old and new worlds.

Themes

Arts and Sciences

Statesmanship