David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

@YAppelbaum By the time the Castilians figured out what had happened in 1492, the Portuguese had already reached India, smashed the Venetian spice monopoly, and founded a trading empire of their own. (Columbus himself of course never accepted that he had not reached India.) 13/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 11, 2021

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@YAppelbaum And there was no reasoning with Columbus! He was dogmatic, overbearing, refused to listen to more expert navigators. If he hadn't bumped into the Caribbean islands first, his crews would have died of thirst less than halfway to their destination. 12/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 11, 2021

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@YAppelbaum But Columbus did set in motion the creation of a Castilian empire on the American mainland. The founders of New England and Virginia held *very* negative views of that Castilian empire - and thus of Columbus. 14/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 11, 2021