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Christopher Columbus: A Holy Comparison

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Very clever allusion, he did not say that but the notary told him that. A holy comparison! First, Christopher Columbus who discovered the New World, by chance, when he was looking for a short way to the Indian’s gold and spices. Second, Camille Douls who has the courage to go alone to Hades ( Western Sahara ) , as Hercules, with an excellent merit to the latter, which is, he does that not for gold, but rather, for the European knowledge for humanity and that is what made him a benefactor of humanity more than Columbus was. Let us dive into Vieuchange’s poem perhaps we find something else

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