HALF a millennium ago tomorrow, the flagship Santa Maria, commanded by Captain-General Christopher Columbus, and with the caravels Pinta and Nina in her wake, made landfall at the island of San Salvador, 30 degrees west of the outer limits of the charted globe. Europe had discovered America and the course of world history was irrevocably changed.

Source: Profile: Christopher Columbus: A good thing, even: Harvey Morris berates those who lay all the ills of the West at one man’s feet | Voices | The Independent

October 12, 2015
Categories: National Politics, Uncategorized . Tags: 1492, Christopher Columbus, Columbus, Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples day, national holiday, Queen Isabella . Author: Michael Schuett . Comments: Comments Off on Christopher Columbus: A good thing, even: Harvey Morris berates those who lay all the ills of the West at one man’s feet | Voices | The Independent