[Truth666]

Most convincing research of historical documents.

[cyborg]

very interesting

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

I'd never heard this before. Thanks for whetting my appetite! Here are a few more very interesting articles (some of it duplicates what you posted).

Columbus

The Odyssey of the Portugese Jews

The Jews in Portugal

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

I'm still reading about this. Your link is especially interesting - the siglas (which I'd never even heard of), his lack of a signature (he never signed his name, ALWAYS used a sigla), the fact that he never wrote in Italian (always Spanish or Latin), his monogram, the papal bulls - all of this is fascinating.

I've been googling for more information. Here are two more interesting sites:

Was Christopher Columbus a Jew?

Christopher Columbus - Mythbusters is halfway down the page

I also read that the "Majesties" of Spain had called for all Jews to be expelled from Spain. Perhaps in the climate of the times, Columbus felt compelled to hide his Jewish identity (if he indeed was Jewish).

The Vatican, also, is withholding quite a bit of information from the public re Columbus.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

bump!

[SunkenCiv]

I'm pretty sure I'd not seen this topic. Keith, you'll probably find it particularly interesting. :')

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[Junior]

Hmmm. Exclamation points and claims of conspiracy. Yeah, I'm convinced. /sarcasm