Patriotic Blues
Christopher Colombo was read white and blew on winds of fortune smiling at the Sea and his Queen of English fame the lass of parliament the benefactor of all Spain No was it Victoria oh gentle reader did you think so too? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_earth
The earth looks round to me even in the flat earth map but eye am prejudiced with see.
As a result of these testimonies, Columbus, upon his return and without being allowed a word in his own defense, was clapped with manacles on his arms and chains on his feet and cast into prison to await return to Spain.
The Queen Isabella; Also in 1492, a landmark year for Isabella, she agreed to sponsor Christopher Columbus's voyage of discovery, which brought the New World and its wealth to the Spanish crown. Until her death she was concerned with the welfare and rights of the natives of the lands she had acquired.
The Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria
Motives never clear but profit always appears to be the motivating factor of a trade.
WE three ships from Ireland shore sail oft for hire milord
With ebon in the hold.
