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To: rellimpank

--Columbus changed everything.--

--truly the most important man of the millenium--

Columbus was a latecomer--everyone beat him to the New World. He just had a better press agent.

5 posted on 11/21/2005 11:50:35 AM PST by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)

To: Coyoteman

"Columbus changed everything"

For some that is apparently reason enough to try to diminish his contribution.

7 posted on 11/21/2005 11:53:40 AM PST by commonasdirt (Reading DU so you won't hafta)

To: Coyoteman

Columbus was a latecomer--everyone beat him to the New World. He just had a better press agent.

What he had was an expansionist empire behind him with its own version of manifest destiny.

8 posted on 11/21/2005 11:57:35 AM PST by Heyworth

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