Columbus -- The Tragedy and the Enigma
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
Is Columbus a Crypto Jew?
Columbus was a mystery and an enigma in terms of his ancestry. He may have adopted the name as a way to distancing self from whatever his actual family or background waso. A theory that has gained a lot of traction in recent years is comparatively well supported, that he himself came from a jewish ancestry. There are letters that columbus wrote to his son which are marked with the hebrew letters bet ha.
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