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Official: Christopher Columbus : “Columbus: His Enterprise, Exploding the Myth” by Hans Koning Book Review

“Columbus: His Enterprise, Exploding the Myth” by Hans Koning, is the book Hollywood, apparently, is planning to adapt for an upcoming Columbus movie. If that is the case, don’t expect anything positive about Columbus in it. As for the book: it is pure garbage. The book is make things up. It repeats the same revisionist […]

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Official: Christopher Columbus : “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles Mann- Book Review

I did not like this book. I kept asking myself, what is the point of it? The author has a secular worldview that I don’t share. The author claims the Inkas were the biggest empire in 1491 (page 64), which means there was a lot of bloodshed. Though the author tells us some of the […]

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Official: Christopher Columbus : August 2019

Debunking “Adam Ruins Everything:” Click here to watch the video on YouTube and then read our response below: Adam Ruins Everything – Christopher Columbus Was a Murderous Moron | truTV 1. America includes the Caribbean, and Columbus did reach (South) America during his third voyage. 2. Columbus wasn’t trying to prove the Earth, was round, but […]

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Official: Christopher Columbus : “Conquistadores: Adventum” TV Series Review

“Conquistadores: Adventum” was a 2017 Spanish TV Series about the first 30 years after America’s discovery by Christopher Columbus followed by other explorers and Conquistadors’ exploits. It was one season long with 8 episodes in total. The following review is only on the first three episodes since they are about Columbus: Episode 1 “Las Llaves […]

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Official: Christopher Columbus : Review: “Cortez The Killer” song by Neil Young

“Cortez The Killer” by Neil Young  Lyrics: “He came dancing across the water/ With his galleons and guns/ Looking for the new world/ In that palace in the sun/ On the shore lay Montezuma/ With his coca leaves and pearls/ In his halls he often wondered/ With the secrets of the worlds/ And his subjects/ […]

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Official: Christopher Columbus : March 2019

“Columbus: His Enterprise, Exploding the Myth” by Hans Koning, is the book Hollywood, apparently, is planning to adapt for an upcoming Columbus movie. If that is the case, don’t expect anything positive about Columbus in it. As for the book: it is pure garbage. The book is make things up. It repeats the same revisionist […]

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Official: Christopher Columbus : News: “Experts discover 'Christopher Columbus' anchor at Caribbean shipwreck site”

Source and article by Fox News (May 02, 2017): “Experts have used a ‘space treasure map’ to make a remarkable discovery in the Caribbean — a centuries-old anchor believed to be from one of Christopher Columbus’ ships.” Click the Link to read the full article: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/05/02/experts-discover-christopher-columbus-anchor-at-caribbean-shipwreck-site.html

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Official: Christopher Columbus : Did Columbus Rape Anyone? The Michele de Cuneo's Letter

Did Columbus rape anyone or give women away for that purpose? To answer the question I used excerpts from my book Christopher Columbus The Hero, Chapter 30 with some additions, modifications, and edits specifically designed for this article: According to a letter Cuneo wrote to a friend, he “admitted” to raping a native girl that was supposedly given to […]

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Official: Christopher Columbus : December 2018

-Columbus did not reach what is known today as America. America includes North, Central, South America, and the Caribbean. So yes, Columbus discovered and reached America, specifically the Caribbean, Central and South America. -Columbus did not reach North America. Amerigo Vespucci neither reached North America, yet the whole New World is named after him. Nevertheless, […]

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Official: Christopher Columbus : Columbus in Puerto Rico (Colón en Puerto Rico) by Cayetano Coll y Toste Book Review

  Author: Cayetano Coll y Toste Book: “Colón en Puerto Rico- Disquisiciones Histórico-Filológicas” (Columbus in Puerto Rico- Historic-Philological Disquisitions)  Dr. Cayetano Coll y Toste was a Puerto Rican historian and writer. He was born in 1850 in Arecibo, PR., and died in 1930 in Madrid, Spain. [1] “Colón en Puerto Rico”, was published in 1893. […]

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Official: Christopher Columbus : Review: “The Life of the Admiral Christopher Columbus by his son Ferdinand” Book

If you are looking for a Columbus biography, this is the book you need to read. It was written by his son Ferdinand Columbus, who was a scholar, historian and a witness since he was with Columbus during his Fourth Vovage. Even those who hate Columbus like the Fourth Vovage and have compared it to the Oddysey […]

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Official: Christopher Columbus : “Christopher Columbus- The Grand Design” by Paolo Emilio Taviani Book Review

This book is not a biography, but insights from the author about what motivated Columbus to his grand design, the discovery of America. If you are a Columbus fan, then this book should be part of your collection.  The book is strangely divided into two parts. The first and second part of the book has […]

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Official: Christopher Columbus : October 2018

This movie is NOT about Columbus, but about a contemporary of his: Ignacio de Loyola. Loyola was the founder of the Jesuits, who in turn, evangelized Japan and China. Both places Columbus sought to spread the gospel. As for the movie, the script and acting were good, but the production was Ok. There were some […]

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Official: Christopher Columbus : January 2020

“Encounter” is a fictional (children’s) book about a fictional character and what the author imagines might have been the Taino perspective of Columbus’ arrival to the Americas. The book is short, the illustrations are well done, but the story directly or indirectly propagates the Spanish Black Legend and the Myth of the Noble Savage. That […]

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