Re: Christopher Columbus

[Gordon Holmes <lafleur@home.com>]

Dear James;
I am impressed that in this day and age you not only finished high
school but you are interested in the world,including how the past has an
impact on the present and by default, the future. I feel that you show
not only a personal quest for knowledge, but an inner spirit of great
courage to banter back and forth on this list and not feel you are under
personal attack. (You are Not, O.K.? *S* )Keep it up! You are a welcome
addition to this discussion page. (P.S...and you thought you were
Finished with school...:)....)
Regards again, Cousin Gord

James Goff wrote:
> 
> Thanks Gordon,
>     I did not mean to sound as if I supported the notion of Christopher
> Columbus as being the man who discovered America.  He was confident that
> he had landed in the East Indies until, I believe, his third voyage.
> Terribly sorry if I did not express myself clearly but I was taught that
> the Vikings simply discovered Nova Scotia and then left.  That is
> certainly not what I believe since they did have settlements
> established.  With regards to Columbus as an American hero I was
> referring to his portrayal, even if false, as an imigrant, turned down
> by his country, who used his intellect and entrepreneurial spirit to
> discover a new land.  I don't agree with this image, but that is how I
> have often seen him portrayed.  I was not aware that the Vikings had
> made it as far south as the Carolinas.  Thanks for the
> information.                  Robert William Goff
> 
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