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The Battle for God The first part of the book "The Old World and the New" compares the progression of the three monotheistic faiths between 1492, when Columbus discovered America and 1870 when "The Franco-Prussian War had revealed the hideous effects of modern weaponry, and there was a dawning realisation that science might also have a malignant dimension."

Moon Palace Uncle Victor is also quite open-minded, likes movies and is fairly well-read, with 1492 books - a number obviously meant to remind us of the year when Columbus discovered America.

Hispanidad Since 1987 Spain has celebrated this holiday as its Fiesta Nacional de España In the other nations of the community, the day is also celebrated as a commemoration of the date in 1492 when Christopher Columbus discovered America, marking the beginning of the diffusion of Spanish language and culture as well as its lasting impact on the world.

Luis de Torres These conjectures have been given credentials in an article by Phyllis McIntosh in the U. S. State Department’s publication Washington File (August 23, 2004): “It is likely that Christopher Columbus, who discovered America in 1492, charted his way across the Atlantic Ocean with the help of an Arab navigator.”

Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve The reserve still has over 200 archeological sites, including the point where Christopher Columbus first discovered America.

Ideological assumption America was discovered by Columbus in 1492 C.E.

Folklore of the United States Indeed, one particularly pervasive story is that Columbus discovered America, as it is far easier to elevate a man to heroic status than to reflect the reality among complex series of waves of immigrants from multiple conditions and walks of life.

Alonso Sánchez Indeed, after the discovery of America, several rumors started between the conquistadores, telling that America had not been discovered by Columbus, but that it was known its existence at least 20 years before 1492.

Territorial Evolution of the World Christopher Columbus discovers America

List of World Map changes Christopher Columbus discovers America

Humphrey Gilbert Columbus had discovered America with far less evidence to go on.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film) The story is set in Paris ten years before Columbus discovered America.

Santa María de Guadalupe It was here, in Extremadura, that Christopher Columbus made his first pilgrimage after discovering America in 1492 and it was here that he first thanked heaven for his discovery.

Rockford, Ohio No doubt but what the high ground adjacent to the St. Marys river here was the camping ground and village sites of Indian tribes long before Columbus discovered America.

Historical revisionism This was reflected in the once widespread description of Christopher Columbus having "discovered" America.

List of World map changes Christopher Columbus discovers America

Dutch period in Ceylon From the time that Christopher Columbus discovered America there was a significant Iberian challenge facing large parts of the world.

Andrzej Majewski Columbus was not the first one to discover America, only the first to patent it.

Biometrika In his centenary tribute to Karl Pearson, J. B. S. Haldane likened him to Columbus who "set out for China, and discovered America."

European colonization of the Americas Although Christopher Columbus is credited for discovering America, he was preceded by John Cabot who was the first to land in North America (1497).

Territorial evolution of the World Christopher Columbus discovers America

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    Folklore of the United States

    The folklore of the United States, or American folklore, is one of the folk traditions which has evolved on the North American continent since Europeans arrived in the 16th century. ... Indeed, one particularly pervasive story is that Columbus discovered America, as it is far easier to elevate a man to heroic status than to reflect the reality among complex series of waves of immigrants from multiple conditions and walks of life.
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    Christopher Columbus

    According to the contract that Columbus made with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, if Columbus discovered any new islands or mainland, he would receive many high rewards. ... Although among non-Native Americans Christopher Columbus is traditionally considered the discoverer of America, Columbus was preceded by the various cultures and civilizations of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, as well as the Western world's Vikings at L'Anse aux Meadows.
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    Hispanidad

    | The flag symbolizes the encounter between the three carabelas that took Christopher Columbus to America and the dazzling American Sun shining. | ... Since 1987 Spain has celebrated this holiday as its Fiesta Nacional de España In the other nations of the community, the day is also celebrated as a commemoration of the date in 1492 when Christopher Columbus discovered America, marking the beginning of the diffusion of Spanish language and culture as well as its lasting impact on the world.
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    Moon Palace

    Moon Palace is a novel written by Paul Auster that was first published in 1989. ... Uncle Victor is also quite open-minded, likes movies and is fairly well-read, with 1492 books - a number obviously meant to remind us of the year when Columbus discovered America.
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    Rockford, Ohio

    Rockford is a village in Mercer County, Ohio, United States. ... No doubt but what the high ground adjacent to the St. Marys river here was the camping ground and village sites of Indian tribes long before Columbus discovered America.
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    The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1923 American film starring Lon Chaney as Quasimodo and Patsy Ruth Miller as Esmeralda, and is directed by Wallace Worsley. ... The story is set in Paris ten years before Columbus discovered America.
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    Egg of Columbus

    Monument to the discovery of America by Columbus in the shape of an egg in Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza, Spain ... "Columbus was dining with many Spanish nobles when one of them said: 'Sir Christopher, even if your lordship had not discovered the Indies, there would have been, here in Spain which is a country abundant with great men knowledgeable in cosmography and literature, one who would have started a similar adventure with the same result.'
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    Dutch period in Ceylon

    Dutch Ceylon is a term used synonymously for the period, and the area of Ceylon or Sri Lanka that was controlled by the Dutch from 1685-1798 and their rule. ... From the time that Christopher Columbus discovered America there was a significant Iberian challenge facing large parts of the world.
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    The Battle for God

    The Battle for God: Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is a book by best-selling author Karen Armstrong published in 2000 by Knopf/HarperCollins which the New York Times described as "one of the most penetrating, readable, and prescient... ... The first part of the book, "The Old World and the New", compares the progression of the three monotheistic faiths between 1492, when Columbus discovered America, and 1870, when "The...
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    Voyages of Christopher Columbus

    According to the contract that Columbus made with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, if Columbus discovered any new islands or mainland, he would receive many high rewards. ... Columbus in modern history is considered the discoverer of America and the person who brought the Americas into the forefront of Western attention.

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