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Re:Someone is stealing Christopher Columbus letters by gjsman-1000 on Saturday October 26, 2019 @05:20PM (#21366291)
Sounds almost like a plot from National Treasure (2004). Except it's Columbus letters instead of the Constitution.

How rich was Columbus?

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Re:Someone is stealing Christopher Columbus letters by bryanrasmussen on Saturday October 26, 2019 @05:30PM (#21366359)
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/christopher-colu...

"Although Columbus enjoyed a substantial revenue from Hispaniola gold during the last years of his life, he repeatedly attempted (unsuccessfully) to gain an audience with King Ferdinand, whom he felt owed him further redress."

So I'm thinking - well off, but not wealthy.

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Re:Someone is stealing Christopher Columbus letters by Spooky23 on Saturday October 26, 2019 @06:06PM (#21366540)
I don’t recall how wealthy he was, but the claim that he pursued was a percentage (15% comes to mind, but don’t quote me) of all revenues generated by Spain in the New World.
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Re:Someone is stealing Christopher Columbus letters by cma on Saturday October 26, 2019 @08:43PM (#21367216)
His heirs also had 30 years of lawsuits or so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleitos_colombinos
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Re:Someone is stealing Christopher Columbus letters by onetimemanytime on Sunday October 27, 2019 @12:44AM (#21367917)
amazing that you could sue the King...
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Re:Someone is stealing Christopher Columbus letters by catominor on Saturday October 26, 2019 @05:48PM (#21366454)
Declaration of Independence was what Nic Cage had to steal.

He just had to..

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Re:Someone is stealing Christopher Columbus letters by Supermancho on Saturday October 26, 2019 @07:26PM (#21366958)
> Sounds almost like a plot from National Treasure (2004). Except it's Columbus letters instead of the Constitution

You are correct. National Treasure (2004) was about The Declaration of Independence, not The Constitution.

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