The book 1491 was an eye opener for me! The writers from the Amandala might read it.
In the book 1491 Mann debunks what we thought we knew about pre-Columbian America.
Scientific America believes syphilis was carried to Europe by the returning crewmen from Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas.
Columbus became infected with syphilis and later died of the deadly disease. ...a poetic revenge IMHO!

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