'Any of these would have immortalized his memory; together, they amount to a truly unrivalled achievement.'
Dr Fernando Cervantes (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus by @restall.bsky.social for @thetls.bsky.social
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In the extensive literature of the “discovery” of America, Christopher Columbus had uncommonly good fortune. At a time when the so-called Black Legend had
