Re: Why only crap in this NG? (was Wolter claims ...)
- From: nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 10:32:58 GMT
Apparently on date Sun, 29 May 2005 11:23:50 -0500, kenney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
said:
>history of America is minimal. Also, as you point out Columbus had no
>idea he had discovered a new continent. Though of course Columbus did
>not get past the Caribbean.
Hmm, AIUI Columbus was a skilled astronomer and would have been able to tell
where he was by the stars and things.
Is it the view that he was genuinely mistaken about what he had done or was he
just sticking to his story?
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