[topher]

I guess Isabella and Ferdinand were logged into the Nazi sites though, since they kicked out the Jews and Moslems. The folks who converted moved to the Americas quickly.

So Cortes was either Jewish or Muslim. NOT!!!

Cortes spent 9 days (the length of a Christian Novena) in front of the Statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe (in Spain -- this was before Our Lady of Guadalupe existed in Mexico).

Cortes did this to atone for the sins of conquering the Mexican capital of Montezuma.

Are you trying to re-write history...

In lands where there were consistent battles going on (i.e., Spain/Portugal), such people have a heritage that is influenced by both sides. When rape, pillage, plunder occurs, then the cultures are crossed.

It is my personal belief that the ships ladened with Gold were more the result of the enrichment of Spain.

The best and brightest would have traveled to Spain for A Few Dollars More (which was filmed in Spain) or perhaps for a Fistful of Dollars (which was also filmed in Spain).

[muawiyah]

Cortes went to Mexico many years after Columbus discovered the existence of the Americas. He was quite impressed by Pizzaro's discovery of Peru which made DeSoto the richest man in the world.

But, did I say Cortes, Pizzaro or DeSoto were Jewish? Obviously I didn't. On the other hand, did I suggest that some of these guys might have been Spanish Protestants ~ try digging into that mess of worms, and when you're done explain why one Conquistidore named Carvajal (Pizzaro's half brother) was a priest while another Conquistidore named Carvajal (Pizzaro's cousin) refused absolution prior to his execution.

(BTW, the priest went on to sail down the Amazon from one of its tributaries in the Andean lowlands. His diary is extant. In it he reported on the people who lived there. His report is highly unpopular with environmentalist whackos because he described the Amazon as being heavily populated and farmed, far from the untouched pristine jungle imagined by Ben and Jerry's running dog lackeys.)

Why I did say was that Spain had many tens of thousands of Jews in the period before the Discovery of America. It also had many tens of thousands of descendants of Arabian and North African immigrants who'd come to Spain after the Islamic conquest in the 700s.

Not everybody got kicked out ~ many people accepted the terms set by the Christian king, Ferdinand, and became Christians and stayed.

However, all was not sweetness and light for them in the new combined kingdom so they had every motive to emigrate to the Americas.

This information is public and available in every library, and any history book about Spain from Roman times to General Franco.