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Charles Garcia: Was Columbus a Secret Jew?

20 May 2012

Everybody knows the story of Columbus, right? He was an Italian explorer from Genoa who set sail in 1492 to enrich the Spanish monarchs with gold and spices from the orient. Not quite.

Was Columbus Jewish?

20 May 2012

Charles Garcia says scholarly research suggest that the explorer was seeking to find a safe haven for Jews who were persecuted in Spain

Was Columbus secretly a Jew?

20 May 2012

Today marks the 508th anniversary of the death of Christopher Columbus.