Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Columbus and His Influences

 25 years prior to Martin Luther's post on the door of Wittenberg, Columbus would discover the new world.  What is interesting in reading about the Inquisition in Spain is that Jews in Spain would find the that new world made it possible for them to leave the oppression in Spain and settle in the New World away from the persecution.  This originally was how the Jews migrate to the New World and eventually settle in places like Argentina.  From some of Columbus's writings, there is evident that his own crew even comprised of some Jews. 

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