Don Pearce wrote:

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:46:22 -0800, "Michael R. Kesti"
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:

What happened in 1492?

Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

(Ah, c'mon. Somebody had to say it.)

Sure he did but what has that to do with North America? You are aware
that he never went near the place in his life? Specifically not in
1492, although he did make it to South America sometime around 1500,
but by then everybody and his dog was going there.

Sure, Don, but even if there is no direct cause and effect between
Columbus' specific expeditions and the en masse arrival of white
Europeans in North America, a rising North American white population
was a result of explorations such as Columbus'.

Perhaps more to the point, do you know any rhyming couplets involving
any of Columbus' contemporaries?

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