Christopher Columbus
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Famous explorer Christopher Columbus was probably a Jew not from Italy but THIS country, shows study
World | Oct 14, 2024, 01:30 PM ISTChristopher Columbus, whose expeditions changed the course of history, was previously believed to be an Italian from Genoa. However, the new study shows he was a Sephardic Jew who concealed his real identity to avoid religious persecution.
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Christopher Columbus statue taken down at Chicago park
World | Jul 24, 2020, 04:56 PM ISTA statue of Christopher Columbus in downtown Chicago’s Grant Park was taken down early Friday, a week after protesters trying to topple the monument to the Italian explorer clashed with police.
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Columbus statue vandalized in San Francisco
News | Oct 15, 2019, 05:22 PM ISTSeveral Christopher Columbus statues were vandalized with red paint and messages against the 15th century Italian navigator Monday when the U.S. holiday named for one of the first Europeans to reach the Americas was being celebrated.
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Muslims discovered Americas 300 years before Columbus, says Turkish President
World | Nov 17, 2014, 07:13 PM ISTIstanbul : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is claiming that Muslim sailors reached the Americas more than 300 years before explorer Christopher Columbus.Speaking Saturday at a gathering of Muslim leaders from Latin America, Erdogan said
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Today in History: Columbus sets sail to discover India, reaches America
World | Aug 03, 2013, 07:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: Born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451, Christopher Columbus was one of the most famous explorers of all time. Columbus' birth place Genoa was a great Italian port, and Columbus grew up surrounded by
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Columbus Brought Sex Disease To Europe From US, Says New Study
World | Dec 29, 2011, 04:42 PM ISTWashington, Dec 29: In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the Atlantic ocean to discover America, but when he returned from his historic voyages he brought with him a new disease to Europe, claims a new study. The