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Old 4th August 2004, 21:16
JaneMas JaneMas is offline
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Re: Cristobal Colon aka Christopher Colombus or Whatever

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Originally posted by FULANODETAL
A recent HISTORY CHANNEL documentary makes a strong case that Cristobal Colon WAS IN FACT A FAIRLY WELL TO DO SPANIARD and NOT ITALIAN. It pointed out that Colon apparently did not know how to write in Italian and wrote only in Spanish; the prose was studied by a historical invesitgator who proposes that the style was very Spanish and other evidence is presented about Colon being Spanish.

Throws a monkey wrench in some of the arguments establish herein and in other forums.
The History Channel documentary is already being discussed in the General Forum. I thought the arguments here had to do with arab cultural influence in Spanish culture and not Colon?
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