October 09, 2017
Putting Columbus in context
A few years ago the following quote from Christopher Columbus started making the rounds:
For one woman they give a hundred castellanos, as for a farm; and this sort of trading is very common, and there are already a great number of merchants who go in search of girls; there are at this moment some nine or ten on sale; they fetch a good price, let their age be what it will. Continue Reading...
