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On the evening of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships: a larger carrack, the Santa María ex-Gallega, and two smaller caravels, the Pinta and the Santa Clara, nicknamed the Niña.
photo: A Replica of Christopher Columbus’ ship the Nina
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1500 Maître à l’oeillet de Baden La chute des Anges et le combat de saint Michel contre le dragon Huile sur Bois de sapin Kunsthaus, Zurich
Paintings of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher from a reredos in S. Mary’s Church Kettlebaston, Suffolk.
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Carlo Crivelli, The Vision of the Blessed Gabriele, c. 1489
Philippe de Croy, Seigneur of Sempy (detail) by Rogier van der Weyden, 1399- 1464.
