Thought he was Italian?  And also thought Basque country was land bound, no
ports, never heard they were sailors?  The northern Europeans had come over
but Basques?

> From: Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
> Reply-To: Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 22:52:34 +0100
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Running on Tap Water
>
>>> By the way, Columbus didn't break any of the laws of phyiscs.  He stumbled
> upon a new continent.
>
> No he didn't! The Spanish, the English and particularly the Basques had been
> up and down the coast and into its inlets years and years before Columbus
> claimed it as New World. The Basques particularly had been fishing the
> Newfoundland coast in fleets and bringing salt cod back to Europe (without
> revealing their fishing grounds) for nobody knows how long, but ages before
> Columbus. Just Spanish arrogance...
>
> Clive
> '88 Syncro Armada
>