Columbus, Debunking of a Legend

15th century Admiral Adriatic alleged Alonso Sanchez alphabet Aragon born Bosnia Byzantine called Casas Catholic Chris Christians Christoforo Colombo Christopher Columbus Colom Colon Colum Converso Court of Spain Cristobal Croa Croatian lands Croatian language Croatian name Croatian origin Croats Cyrillic alphabet Dalmatia Dalmatian Croats Diego discovered discovery of America Dominik Europe fact that Columbus famous father Fernando fleet foreign Genoa Genoese dialect Genoese documents Genoese woolweaver Glagolitic Glagolitic alphabet Hispaniola historians Huelva Ibid Indians Island Italian Italy Jewish Jews John Cabot King and Queen Kingdom of Croatia knew known Latin letter Lisbon lumbus Madariaga Madeira mariner Martin Alonso Naples navigated never noted Novarra numerous official discoverer Patharens Portugal Portuguese probably question Red Croatia Rome royal Salvador de Madariaga says service of Spain ships from Dubrovnik South Dalmatia Spaniards Spanish pilot Terra Rubea testament thru tian Toscanelli Turks Venetian Venice voyage wool-weaver World wrote