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To: Biggirl

AMERICAN HISTORY PAINTS A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT OF COLUMBUS

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On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail on the longest voyage to that date out of the sight of land.

Trade winds called “easterlies” pushed Columbus’ ships for five weeks to the Bahamas.

On OCTOBER 12, 1492, Columbus sighted what he thought was India.

He imagined Haiti was Japan and Cuba was the tip of China.

Naming the first island “San Salvador” for the Holy Savior, Columbus wrote of the inhabitants:

“So that they might be well-disposed towards us, for I knew that they were a people to be. ..converted to our Holy Faith rather by love than by force, I gave to some red caps and to others glass beads...

They became so entirely our friends that...I believe that they would easily be made Christians.”

http://americanminute.com/index.php?date=10-12&view=View


30 posted on 10/12/2015 1:04:39 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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[I gave to some red caps and to others glass beads...]

I wonder, did the caps say “Make America Great Again?


34 posted on 10/12/2015 1:06:18 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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