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His signature was—
S.
i.e. Servidor
S. A. S.
Sus Altezas Sacras
X. M. Y.
Jesus Maria Isabel
X to. FERENS
Christo-pher
El Almirante
El Almirante.
In English, “Servant—of their Sacred Highnesses—Jesus Mary and Isabella—Christopher—the Admiral.”
The second Columbus. Cyrus West Field was so called by John Bright when he completed the Atlantic Cable. Born at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1819.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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