Episode #179- Columbus? (Part II)

Our Fake History

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History, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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A Columbus biographer once wrote that the famous navigator had an "an imperfect understanding of the line between truth and falsity." The Genoese mariner had a habit of lying, exaggerating, or revising history in service of what he believed were his "higher ends." The fact that Columbus is such an unreliable narrator makes retracing his voyages particularly challenging. The first voyage across the Atlantic would nearly disintegrate as Columbus lost control of his subordinates and lost his flagship to the sea. But despite these near-disasters, the man styling himself Admiral of the Ocean Sea was intent on spinning the entire voyage as a roaring success. If nothing else he had found lands filled with people, who he felt confident he could conquer. Tune-in and find out how a false log, hawk's bells, and the world's most unlucky cabin boy all play a role in the story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:41.9	In the very early hours of October 12, 1492,
0:46.2	a Castilian sailor by the name of Juan Rodriguez Barmeo
0:50.6	thought he had just secured a meal ticket for the rest of his life.
0:55.6	Barmeo was manning the lookout, a top-the-small,
0:58.6	caravol nicknamed the Pinta, when he saw the moon glinting off what appeared to be a cliff face.
1:06.1	He screamed land at the top of his lungs, and his captain,
1:10.0	Juan Martán Pienzón, fired a single lawn-barred shot to alert the nearby flagship
1:16.8	that a shoreline had been glimpsed.
1:19.9	The Spanish monarchs who had sponsored this expedition
1:23.6	had promised the first man who spotted land
1:27.0	a yearly pension of 10,000 Marvedes for life.
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