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Part Two: Christopher Columbus: Bringer of the Apocalypse

Behind the Bastards

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Columbus - The Pinzon Brothers

M, i'm not an anthropologist like carol delaney, but i see that is perhaps missing a key part of the story. Penzon and his brothrs basically handled all the expedition's logisticsa martin penzone was the only reason columbus was able to find a crew. Interviews we have with crew members and their families from a later court case between the two suggest that he basically ran all the day to day business of the expedition because columbus wasn't good at it or no one trusted him. Am evidence that maybe people were right not to trust columbus as an expedition leader comes right around christmas,. when the santa maria sinks like a

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