To: BobL
Maybe a wild guess here, but I suspect that the Panama Canal had not been fully completed and certified for ocean-going ships by 1492, and therefore North, Central, and South American kind of stood in Chriss way to reaching the Orient.Columbus was an idiot, if he flew it would have been much faster.
5 posted on
08/07/2019 12:07:58 PM PDT by
1Old Pro
To: 1Old Pro
Columbus was an idiot, if he flew it would have been much faster.
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Or taken the train.
7 posted on
08/07/2019 12:13:09 PM PDT by
House Atreides
(Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
To: 1Old Pro
Or set off on his next adventure - to the Sun - at night.
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