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Originally posted by Tancred 13 October 2002. In honor of Columbus Day.

1 posted on 10/08/2018 11:15:11 AM PDT by Rummyfan

To: Rummyfan

And if Columbus had never “sailed the ocean blue,” we would be celebrating Pedro Álvares Cabral day as he discovered Brazil on April 22, 1500.

2 posted on 10/08/2018 11:25:25 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar

To: Rummyfan

although I do not think the injustices suffered by our Siberian-American fellow immigrants should be glossed over.

"Siberian-American fellow immigrants," i.e. Indians. I love it!

3 posted on 10/08/2018 1:04:45 PM PDT by Petrosius

To: Rummyfan

Let's be thankful also to Martin Waldseemueller for coming up with the name "America" rather than "Vespucciland."

Of course we should be honoring Bjarni Herjolfsson as the first European to see the North American continent (986).

4 posted on 10/08/2018 1:56:20 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus

To: Rummyfan

Happy Caboto Day

Hmmm... it just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
The writer makes a valid point, though.

5 posted on 10/08/2018 2:36:29 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes

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