A Can of Man
Je suis aware
I really do wonder what America was like back in those days....
DTop said:St. Augustine, Florida is the nation's oldest city. It was established by the Spanish on August 28, 1565. That would make it 440 years old this year.
http://www.oldcity.com/his2.html
Now I'll put in my own plug, Columbus was an Italian.
MontyB said:Now I'll put in my own plug, Columbus was an Italian.
Actually thats disputable (unless something has changed in the last 1-2 years) as I recall there is still a strong backing for him being Genoese (sp?) but there is a growing pile of evidence that he may have been Catalonian and Spanish.
Though biographical facts on Columbus vary from author to author, there is general agreement among most scholars that Cristoforo Colombo was born in Genoa between August 25 and October 31, 1451; that his father was Domenico Colombo, a wool weaver who was also involved in local politics; and that his mother was Suzanna Fontanarossa, daughter of a wool weaver. The eldest of five children, Christopher would always remain closest to his brother Bartolomeo. The two brothers shared a lot in common; they studied cartography together, sold books, and planned for a trip to the west; and they traveled to the New World together. Another brother, Giovanni Pellegrino, died young; his sister, Bianchinetta, married a cheesemonger. His youngest brother Giacomo was seventeen years his junior. The entire family moved to Savona, west of Genoa, in 1470.
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