10/15/2024 1:21:48 AM PDT
· 28 of 32 T Ruth
to HenpeckedCon
How silly of me.
It wasn’t until I read the comment about the Panama Canal that I understood the point of your post.
I had assumed, without evidence (!), that you were referring to overland portage over the route that later became the Suez Canal.
10/14/2024 4:39:11 PM PDT
· 18 of 32 T Ruth
to HenpeckedCon
But now you do, right?
"Columbus was deeply affected by the militant face of [Mohammedanism] at the eastern end of the Mediterranean that created a blockade to Europe’s important trade with the Orient."