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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR: Legacy in Switzerland, Portugal, and Scotland
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Incidentally, Christopher Columbus married Filipa Moniz Perestrelo -- a Portuguese noblewoman. She was the daughter of Bartolomeu Perestrelo, a Governor of the island of Porto Santo, and a navigator and explorer. That's Columbus' connection to Portugal. While Columbus was Italian, and officially sailed for Spain, he was privy to information, navigation charts, etc. from noble, famous, and connected Portuguese explorers, via his father-in-law.
Quoting: Thor's Hamster Columbus connection to Portugal is that he was a Portuguese, operating under an alias for the king of Portugal João II. He gave the name Cuba to the Caribean island because he came from a Portuguese town which name is... Cuba. The names he gave to other Caribean islands are the names of Portuguese parishes in Cuba end around Cuba. You can see his statue in Cuba, Portugal, here: [ link to www.google.com] His figure is even part of the logo of the Municipality of Cuba, Portugal: [ link to www.cm-cuba.pt]
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