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Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?

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Exploring The Spanish Empire Robert Siegel talks with British historian Hugh Thomas about his new book, The Golden Empire: Spain, Charles V, and the Creation of America. Author Interviews.

At its height in the 18th century, the Spanish Empire in North America included most of what is now the United States. It covered Florida, all of the US's Gulf of Mexico coastline and every state ...

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