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Case File No. 027 · PDF ebook · 27 pages

Columbus Came Home in Chains

The Arrest, the Judge and the Body That Never Stayed Buried

The judge who arrested him, his own letters from the ship, two tombs and the DNA that still can't settle it.

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Why it's worth it

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9 evidence exhibits
Real documents, maps, prints and photographs, shown large, with what to look for in each.
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2 maps drawn for this file
His Caribbean, and the five journeys of his remains from Valladolid to Seville.
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7 stories the video skipped
Fact-checked details the documentary didn't have room for.
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His own words
Passages from his 1492 journal and his letters of 1500 and 1503, with plain-English notes.
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Printable replicas
1493 woodcuts, a 1562 map of the islands and the Gregori mural, ready to print.
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Large-print edition included
Two PDFs, plus every source and image credit listed.

Inside this file

  • The case in one page, and a timeline from Genoa 1451 to the 2024 DNA claim
  • Exhibits: the 1492 contract, the 1493 letter, Juan de la Cosa's 1500 map, the Capitol's bronze 'Columbus in Chains', Las Casas's 1552 book and more
  • Original words: his 1492 journal, his letter written in chains (1500) and his cry from Jamaica (1503)
  • Persons of interest: Columbus, Bartholomew, Bobadilla, Las Casas, his son Fernando and Bishop Cocchia
  • Myth vs. record: the flat Earth, the chains in his coffin, and what the DNA really proved
  • The box under the altar: the 1877 Santo Domingo find and the DNA tests, as a typed case dossier
  • Visit it today: Seville Cathedral, the Columbus Lighthouse, the Simancas archive and Santo Domingo's cathedral
  • Case closed? Our verdict, and every source with links

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