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Columbus’ Lost Voyage

 



Ten short years after his discovery of the New World, Columbus languished in a Caribbean prison. There, awaiting the gallows, he plotted what he called his most treacherous voyage – one that ended with the loss of all four of his ships and left Columbus and his crew shipwrecked with little hope of survival. The true story of Christopher Columbus was not only one of victorious discovery; it was also marked by disaster, accusation, and betrayal.