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**Quonuttott** · 01-24-2006, 06:05 AM

Hey Igntaz as far as my knowlegde goes, Cristopher Columbus was actually sailing in the Portugees fleet under Portugees flag. So it would not have been a problem for him to uptain those charts.

He lived in Portugal for a while before he went to Spain and got Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain to finance his trip. He probably got the charts while living in Portugal but most likely did not make them himself. Navigators were very secretive about their navigation charts because of their great value. Without them all the ships in the world were pretty much worthless so the navigator could command a large percentage of any booty or cargo on a voyage. Thus they usually did not share them with the ships captain.
What seems to be pretty clear is that in 1500 when the Portugese went to Brazil, it was not their first time. Supposedly they are out mucking about looking for one of their fleet and accidently sail across the Atlantic ocean.

That spaulder looking piece is pretty interesting.

All of a sudden Mr. D starts talking about 15th centrury armor. Rainman or troll?

01-24-2006, 06:05 AM	#29
Quonuttott Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	Hey Igntaz as far as my knowlegde goes, Cristopher Columbus was actually sailing in the Portugees fleet under Portugees flag. So it would not have been a problem for him to uptain those charts. He lived in Portugal for a while before he went to Spain and got Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain to finance his trip. He probably got the charts while living in Portugal but most likely did not make them himself. Navigators were very secretive about their navigation charts because of their great value. Without them all the ships in the world were pretty much worthless so the navigator could command a large percentage of any booty or cargo on a voyage. Thus they usually did not share them with the ships captain. What seems to be pretty clear is that in 1500 when the Portugese went to Brazil, it was not their first time. Supposedly they are out mucking about looking for one of their fleet and accidently sail across the Atlantic ocean. That spaulder looking piece is pretty interesting. All of a sudden Mr. D starts talking about 15th centrury armor. Rainman or troll?
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