Columbus real achievement was managing to cross the ocean successfully…

Bill Bryson
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Columbus real achievement was managing to cross the ocean successfully in both directions. Though an accomplished enough mariner, he was not terribly good at a great deal else, especially geography, the skill that would seem most vital in an explorer. ✨ Bill Bryson (2010). At Home: A Short History of Private Life, p.254, Random House
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