The Portuguese Columbus, Secret Agent of King John II by Mascarenhas Barreto
The Portuguese Columbus, Secret Agent of King John II
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Mascarenhas Barreto
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The Portuguese Columbus, Secret Agent of King John II

Mascarenhas Barreto with Mascarenhas Barreto (Translator)

572 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

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Popularly Columbus is identified as the son of an Italian wool-dealer from Genoa, but his true origins are shrouded in mystery. Why did he never speak or write Italian? How could a Genoese peasant marry a woman of noble birth in a society where cl...

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