The <i>Cristoforo Colombo</i> was an Italian unprotected cruiser. It was built in Venice, and is shown in that city on this drawing, from <i>L'Illustrazione Italiana</i>, January 21, 1877, page 41. It had already been described in the January 14 edition, on page 27
Unknown illustrator of the time
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