Thanks SteveH.
Posted on 10/12/2022 7:10:26 PM PDT by DeweyCA
While all this is true, Columbus stands for and is a reminder of something else that is now little known if not completely (and intentionally) forgotten: he was, first and foremost, a Crusader — an avowed enemy of the jihad. His expeditions were, first and foremost, about circumventing and ultimately retaliating against the Islamic sultanates surrounding and terrorizing Europe — not just “finding spices” as we were taught in high school. …
Many Europeans were convinced that if only they could reach the peoples east of Islam — who if not Christian were at least “not as yet infected by the Muhammadan plague,” to quote Pope Nicholas V (d.1455) — together they could crush Islam between them. The plan was centuries old and connected to the legend of Prester John, a supposedly great Christian monarch reigning in the East who would one day march westward and avenge Christendom by destroying Islam.
All this comes out clearly in Columbus’s own letters: in one he refers to Ferdinand and Isabella as “enemies of the wretched sect of Muhammad” who are “resolve[d] to send me to the regions of the Indies, to see [how the people thereof can help in the war effort].” In another written to the monarchs after he reached the New World, Columbus offers to raise an army “for the war and conquest of Jerusalem.” That his voyages centered on liberating Jerusalem from Islam is evident in the title of one 2011 book titled, Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem.
I would give that title to the Polynesians who discovered Hawaii since Hawaii is the most remote (now) inhabited place on earth. They managed to do it in canoes no less.
I've often thought that those must have been really wide canoes because they would have to be in order to hold their gigantic balls.
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It’s a cool place, but crazy expensive.
A good article. It is never acknowledged, but the voyages of Columbus and Vasco Da Gama were financed by the Knights Templar. After their suppression in France, The Templars were welcomed in Spain and Portugal as they were of material assistance in the “Reconquista”. Queen Isabella pawned her jewels to raise cash for Columbus’ voyages. That’s why on every picture of Da Gamas or Columbus ships the sails are decorated with a Templar cross.
Had Columbus never sailed the New World would still have been found in 1500 by Pedro Álvares Cabral.
I believe that this will be a great read when I can find time to get to it!
Reparations for Neanderthals now!
Webster: produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment
Webster - In reference to “Indigenous peoples”
“b Indigenous or less commonly indigenous : of or relating to the earliest known inhabitants of a place and especially of a place that was colonized by a now-dominant group”
Same lol. I bookmark things of interest or that I want to share with a loved one but there’s just not enough time in the day to get to it all.
YES! I need a 30 hour day!
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Thanks SteveH.
Queen Isabella was a devout and practically fanatical Christian and she was desperately looking for a way to circumvent the surrounding of Europe. The voyage of Columbus was more about Christianity Vs Islam than anything else...............
That’s right: the “Catholic Monarchs” completed the Reconquista. And they sent forth the greatest modern evangelist, Christopher Columbus.
Columbus was turned down at first, but 1492 marks the final victory in the Reconquest, the last muzzie king Boabdil was driven out, and Columbus was then brought back and told he’d have his money. :^)
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