…to the Western Hemisphere. We know that the idea that it was an unknown area, completely forgotten or ignored up to the time of Columbus, simply is not true. In fact, if you may have seen the recent film on Columbus, there are a few fragments of it…

…forgotten or ignored up to the time of Columbus, simply is not true. In fact, if you may have seen the recent film on Columbus, there are a few fragments of it that are authentic. Not all, however. But one of the points that I think is interesting is…

…of it that are authentic. Not all, however. But one of the points that I think is interesting is to realize that actually Columbus was impelled or inspired to his voice, not by the friendliness of the European powers, but by the fact that he was trying…

…was trying to demonstrate and prove the lost continent theory of Plato. It's now rather well guessed and probably true that Christopher Columbus, of whom no likeness is known to have survived, was actually a Greek navigator by the name of Nipselantes, that…