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 Col’umbine (3 syl.).Columbus of the Skies (The). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Columbus.
 
His signature was—   1
S.i.e. Servidor
S. A. S.Sus Altezas Sacras
X. M. Y.Jesus Maria Isabel
X to. FERENSChristo-pher
El AlmiranteEl Almirante.
   In English, “Servant—of their Sacred Highnesses—Jesus Mary and Isabella—Christopher—the Admiral.”   2
   The second Columbus. Cyrus West Field was so called by John Bright when he completed the Atlantic Cable. Born at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1819.   3
 


 Col’umbine (3 syl.).Columbus of the Skies (The). 

 
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