Sunday, July 20, 2008
Is it all true?
After reading the acoounts, I was struck by how truly unbelievable many of the descriptions were, particularly that of Vespucci. Perhaps if there was no mention of the poison women ingested to enhance the men physically, the rest may have seemed somewhat valid, but that one statement left everything in doubt. However, I can certainly understand why these stories may have seemed believable to those who stayed home.
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I agree. One of the statements that Columbus had made of "monster encountes" was intersting, he apparently had read about them somewhere else, but the "monster encounters" actually turned out to be ferocious women. So I think that there will always be doubt. Similar to the pink elephant discussion.
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