Back in May , nautical archaeologist Barry Clifford made the over-the-top title thatColumbus ’s flagship , the Santa Maria , had been found . But now , a Lusitanian historian says this ca n’t possibly be true — because the ship never sank .
https://gizmodo.com/christopher-columbuss-flagship-the-santa-maria-has-be-1575615622
Clifford made the apparent breakthrough off the north glide of Haiti . Among the various bite of grounds provided , he enounce he even found the ship ’s ballast — which now looks like this :
But the find is now being call into dubiousness . The Telegraphreports :
A Portuguese - American historiographer , Manuel Rosa , has said that the breakthrough of the shipwreck is impossible – because the ship never sank .
His possibility , base on over two tenner of inquiry , is that the ship did not subside , as is widely trust , but was hauled onto the Haitian shore , used to house the sailors Columbus left behind on his return ocean trip , and finally age by and by burnt as firewood .
He suppose that Columbus intentionally misled the human beings with his journals , because he was act as a undercover agent for the Lusitanian king , rather than reporting to his Spanish paymaster .
“ He was the James Bond of his sidereal day , ” said Mr Rosa , verbalize to The Telegraph from his place in New York . “ It ’s unbelievable that he has care to pull the woollen over everybody ’s optic for five centuries .
“ But the important affair to recall is that the whole deputation was to trick the Spanish – and secern the Portuguese what was really going on . In this he succeeded .
“ Anyone who looks for a shipwreck off Haiti wo n’t find the Santa Maria – because it never sank . ”
What ’s more , Rosa says the find of the Santa Maria ’s bell off the coast of Portugal in 1994 proves that the ship did not bury off Haiti . He says the bell was on country , and then carried to Portugal in 1555 in a ship which sink off the Lusitanian glide .
So grant to Rosa , Columbus was actually puzzle out for the King of Portugal , Joao II , which is why he faked the sinking feeling .
Hmmm , sounds suspiciously conspiratorial and revisionist to me . But it ’s clear that more evidence will be required to bolster Clifford ’s case .
Muchmoreat The Telegraph .
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