>The other one is that Columbus discovered America because he
>> was searching for freedom of religion.
>
>Could this be a vague echo of Sails of Hope?
Could also be a vague echo of the thesis that Columbus was a Crypto-Jew. Not
the worst of all Columbus theses, according to what many years ago my 'plus
que pere' Horst Ochse told me, when he was investigating the question (but
he was not convinced).
Otfried
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