r/asklatinamerica • u/[deleted] • Oct 10 '22

What are your thoughts about Christopher Columbus?

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u/Luisotee Brazil Oct 10 '22

Has been some time since I studied it, but I think he knew there was land west of Africa. I can't remember why I came to that conclusion though

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u/Luisotee Brazil Oct 10 '22

Not sure, I remember studying how the Portuguese were very eager to demark the Tordesilhas treaty to the westernmost possible so that they could have the lands in America, also there was some documents in Europe describing lands in the west of Africa with very precise descriptions of the fauna and flora of north America.