Comments on: Queen Isabella’s influence in the New World http://www.historiccity.com/2009/staugustine/news/florida/queen-isabella%e2%80%99s-influence-in-the-new-world-2021 St Augustine is First America, founded in 1565 by Pedro Menendez, it is the oldest, continually occupied European settlement and port in the continental United States. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:47:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: damas http://www.historiccity.com/2009/staugustine/news/florida/queen-isabella%e2%80%99s-influence-in-the-new-world-2021/comment-page-1#comment-699 damas Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:08:46 +0000 http://www.historiccity.com/?p=20056#comment-699 Columbus - The Untold Story to be Published in Spain NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Madalena, Pico, Azores, Portugal, 10/26/2009 - Controversial Christopher Columbus is about to get even more controversial. New findings incriminate Columbus as a crafty spy for the crown of Portugal, according to the author of COLUMBUS: The Untold Story, to be released November 24, in Seville. The history of Columbus has been a point of contention between academics for hundreds of years. Those disagreements involve the navigator’s true identity, his place of birth and his true motive for heading west across the Atlantic in search of India. Columbus academics know, that in 1488, Columbus was allowed by the King of Portugal to witness a vital Portuguese secret: a detailed map of the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope. Therefore the question arises as to why Columbus didn't take that shorter route around Africa in 1492. This is only one of the many questions that Columbus scholar and author, Manuel Rosa, has focused on answering during his 18-year-long investigation and one of the many ... http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/59551/ Columbus – The Untold Story to be Published in Spain
NewswireToday – /newswire/ – Madalena, Pico, Azores, Portugal, 10/26/2009 – Controversial Christopher Columbus is about to get even more controversial. New findings incriminate Columbus as a crafty spy for the crown of Portugal, according to the author of COLUMBUS: The Untold Story, to be released November 24, in Seville.
The history of Columbus has been a point of contention between academics for hundreds of years. Those disagreements involve the navigator’s true identity, his place of birth and his true motive for heading west across the Atlantic in search of India.

Columbus academics know, that in 1488, Columbus was allowed by the King of Portugal to witness a vital Portuguese secret: a detailed map of the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope. Therefore the question arises as to why Columbus didn’t take that shorter route around Africa in 1492. This is only one of the many questions that Columbus scholar and author, Manuel Rosa, has focused on answering during his 18-year-long investigation and one of the many … http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/59551/

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