A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas

Re:A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas by kevinmchugh on Friday September 24, 2021 @11:15PM (#28650158)

Isn't the land west of England just...Ireland?

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Re:A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas by slater on Friday September 24, 2021 @11:16PM (#28650163)

Wales?

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Re:A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas by Chris2048 on Saturday September 25, 2021 @11:10AM (#28653752)

Given they are talking about sailing-off, I'd venture they mean the island west of the isle-on-which-England-resides.

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Re:A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas by slater on Saturday September 25, 2021 @11:43AM (#28653968)

Oh I see. Yes, so... Anglesey? :D

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Re:A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas by weswpg on Saturday September 25, 2021 @02:24AM (#28650962)

Again, Columbus was not a very clever man.

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Re:A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas by CRConrad on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @03:42AM (#28680280)

Let's first see you wangle tens or hundreds of millions in today's money from the Spanish Crown, then you can say that.

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