“He sought to find a sea route to India and China as the Islamic Ottoman state had closed off the land routes 40 years earlier.”
lizma2 wrote: "“He sought to find a sea route to India and China as the Islamic Ottoman state had closed off the land routes 40 years earlier.”
Confirming what I posted above in comment #6
"In 1453 Ottoman Turks took control of Constantinople ceasing trade between Europe and Asia."...Columbus set sail in 1492Clearly, this new western route charted by Columbus set the Judeo-Christian anchor in the Americas. Columbus' journey and discoveries are directly related to the Reconquista ...a fact we must not allow the left, particularly their Islamic allies/instigators erase from history.
A close examination of the current situation on the European continent should disabuse any and all that peaceful coexistence as equals with Islam - has never - and - will never succeed. We should insist that all children learn this lesson now what it is still permitted...or submit as dhimmis.