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Originally Posted by Cybermat47
IBut, as I say above, Columbus was a massive, extremist jerk,
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In some ways, yes. Most men of conviction are.
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who, contrary to popular belief, died rich and comfortable.
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Comfortable, yes. Rich? No. In fact he embraced his faith more fully in his last years and wrote two books on religion. Since he had been deposed as Governor the crown never paid him the promised 10%, and his heirs sued the monarchs in a protracted set of cases lasting eighteen years. The family eventually won the cases, and recieved a perpetual allotment from the crown.