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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: December 11, 2015
Caption: Christopher Columbus in Costa Rica Marker
Additional Description: The left side of the monument has an additional bronze that is a fragment of Queen Isabel's will, where she recommended the good treatment of the inhabitants of the New World. It reads: …por ende suplico al Rey, mi Señor, muy efectuosamente e mando a la unica princesa, mi hija, y al dicho principe, su marido, que asi lo hagan e cumplan e que este sea su principal fin e que en ello pongan mucha diligencia e no consientan nin den lugar que los indios vecinos e moradores de la dichas yndias e tierra firma ganadas e por ganar, reciban agravio alguno en sus personas e bienes, e si alguno han recibido lo remedien…
Submitted: February 17, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p345361
File Size: 2.439 Megabytes

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