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Monday, October 10, 2011

Columbus Misconceptions

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Columbus had buccaneer qualities
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The misconceptions of Christopher Columbus

  • thought the world was flat ~ the spherical earth had been uncovered for 2000 years
  • discovered America ~ actually it was the archipelago of the Bahamas and Hispaniola
  • introduced syphillis to Europe ~ was already a worldwide disease
  • died in poverty ~ was financially comfortable but his family's successful Pleitos colombinos netted them property and Crown riches after his death
  • blundered discoverer ~ actually discovered lower-latitude easterlies and higher-latitude westerlies sailing trade winds

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