To: NautiNurse
...and Spain should have never fronted the money for Columbus to explore either...
Ferdinand and Isabella didn't front Columbus several billion dollars to circle around in the water in sight of Cadiz doing osteoporosis experiments.
To: Strategerist
Columbus did not find the riches, spices, nor the faster route to the Far East upon which the Spanish rulers had banked. He found hot chili peppers.
24 posted on
06/16/2005 6:51:32 AM PDT by
NautiNurse
("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
To: Strategerist
Ferdinand and Isabella didn't front Columbus several billion dollars to circle around in the water in sight of Cadiz doing osteoporosis experiments. LOL!
74 posted on
06/16/2005 7:55:59 AM PDT by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: Strategerist
Ferdinand and Isabella didn't front Columbus several billion dollars to circle around in the water in sight of Cadiz doing osteoporosis experiments.Good one!
Sadly, this is the truth. Derby has hit the nail on the head.
126 posted on
06/17/2005 5:13:32 AM PDT by
meema
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