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Originally Posted by whogo
I have numerous sources for this from respected historians not ED nurses. I actually have the book "A Few Acres of Snow" in front of me right now.
Stop engaging in fake history.
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I don't care what your book says. I'd have to see the author sources and they had better come from Spain and the
Archivo de Indias.
One of the two flags represented the
kingdom of Spain as evidenced by the castle (representing Castille) and the lion (representing Aragón). The other flag, the one you are talking about, represented the Monarchs who financed the expedition, namely queen Ysabel and King Fernando.
Nothing in that flag represents, illustrates, references or commemorates Christopher Columbus. Absolutely nothing. How, prey tell, is that
his flag then?
At the time, Columbus was nothing but a broke adventurer. The genovese was a nobody. The monarchs gave him the title of Admiral. He demanded 10% of all proceeds-he never got all of that. That tells you how much power he had. He didn't die poor, but he died a bitter man.
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