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Got this email from the Perth Mint, did a double take reading through it.  FEATURED RELEASE Ships That Changed the World - Santa Maria SHIPS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD -- SANTA MARIA 2011 1oz Silver Proof Coin The Santa Maria was the largest of three ships used by Columbus on his first voyage in 1942. Be the first to secure the first release in this outstanding new series. Struck from 1oz of 99.9% pure silver, the coin is limited to a mintage of just 5,000. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Columbus was very fortunate to not run into any U-boats on his voyage in 1942...
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United States
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Didn't you know? The Spanish govt brought it back into service for WWII and it was his great great great great grandson who comandeered it in 1942. HA HA HA!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1942? My columbian expo half dollar must have the wrong date then...
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Bedrock of the Community
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Columbus was very fortunate to not run into any U-boats on his voyage in 1942...
LOL, that was my first thought as well |
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Australia
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U-boats don't go very well when they are under sail!
BTW, Columbus probably set sail from Lisbon in 1941.
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today is the anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, a turning point in 20th Century history. There were a lot of ships engaged in that battle: are you SURE the Santa Maria wasn't there ?
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I would have thought Spain had better technology then a small caravel by 1942. I guess they have come a long way in the last 70 years.
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I wonder how many kids wouldn't know what is wrong with that.
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I wonder how many kids wouldn't know what is wrong with that. I would say very very few of them. Typical answers to simple questions I pose to some of the high school grads: Who won the Civil War? Answer, "We did" (meaning the US). Who did we win our independence from in the Revolutionary War? Answer, "the Indians?" What's the 4th of July? Answer, "for barbecues". Real answers believe it or not. I have quite a bit of contact due to family ties with some of these younger graduates and the quality of the education they seem to be getting is mind-boggling. They all know George Washington and Lincoln though. |
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They all know George Washington and Lincoln though. But do they know when they lived and what they are famous for? I've known some that thought they were contemporaries of each other. |
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for the 20th century!
Posted 05/05/2011 8:27 pm
