Hacker News with Generative AI: Columbus

The Lost Mariner (2002) (newyorker.com)
Columbus was one of the few men of his age willing to entertain the notion that the world was not spherical.

History, Columbus, Exploration

3 points by rbanffy 37 days ago | 0 comments

Christopher Columbus may have been Spanish and Jewish, documentary says (theguardian.com)
The centuries-old mystery over Christopher Columbus’s nationality has been revealed by scientists in a Spanish TV documentary after using DNA analysis.

History, Genetics, Spain, Documentary, Columbus

124 points by ywvcbk 39 days ago | 345 comments

Columbus' DNA suggests he was a Sephardic Jew from the western Mediterranean (abc.es)
El estudio del ADN de Colón desarrollado por el equipo del forense José Antonio Lorente desde la Universidad de Granada ha descartado científicamente estas teorías que situaban la cuna del descubridor de América en Portugal, Mallorca, Castilla, Galicia o Navarra, aunque no ha logrado determinar el origen del descubridor de América.

Genetics, History, Columbus, Spain, Ancestry

60 points by geiser 40 days ago | 11 comments