Thought he was Italian? And also thought Basque country was land bound, no ports, never heard they were sailors? The northern Europeans had come over but Basques?
> From: Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM> > Reply-To: Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM> > Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 22:52:34 +0100 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Running on Tap Water > >>> By the way, Columbus didn't break any of the laws of phyiscs. He stumbled > upon a new continent. > > No he didn't! The Spanish, the English and particularly the Basques had been > up and down the coast and into its inlets years and years before Columbus > claimed it as New World. The Basques particularly had been fishing the > Newfoundland coast in fleets and bringing salt cod back to Europe (without > revealing their fishing grounds) for nobody knows how long, but ages before > Columbus. Just Spanish arrogance... > > Clive > '88 Syncro Armada > |
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