Photo © Robin Dunitz
Date
1939
Location
Virgil Junior High School, interior library
152 North Vermont Ave. (near Beverly Blvd.)
Media Notes
Encaustic fresco, 2 panels, approximately 5' x 30' (each)
Heller was assisted by Grace Measham
Description
Only explorers who made no conquests by the sword are featured. On the south wall are Norseman, Leif Ericson landing on Vineland, Marco Polo arriving at the court of Kublai Khan, and Columbus landing on an island in the Bahamas. On the north wall are Magellan passing through the stormy straits in 1568, Captain Cook exploring the South Sea Islands, and Admiral Byrd in Antarctica.
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