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   From: vinhar@TAKEOUToptusnet.com.au   
      
   "Intrepid"  wrote in message   
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   > The compass!   
   > <   
   > That's what did it.   
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   > Columbus was one of the first seafarers to realize that the compass,   
   > invented hundreds of years before the days of King Ferdinand and Queen   
   > Isabella, was NOT   
   > a child's toy, as almost everyone believed at the time.   
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   > In fact, the compass was the reason why Columbus -- in the years   
   > before he discovered America -- could set sail toward  unknown parts   
   > of the ocean and always come back safe and sound.   
      
   Do they still teach that Columbus "discovered" America?   
      
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