Manuel Rosa

Born:	1961 Pico Island, Azores
Occupation:	author, historian

Manuel da Silva Rosa is a Portuguese historian who supports a Portuguese origin for Christopher Columbus. He is the main author of the book O Mistério Colombo Revelado[1], which exposes some obscure and even contradictory aspects of the Admiral's biography and tries to better explain them under the light of a political conspiracy contrived by the King of Portugal D. João II against the Crown of Castille, in which Columbus would have played a key role. According to the authors, the book shows evidence, among other things, that the Testament of 1498 is a fraud, that Christopher Columbus could not have married Filipa Moniz without permission from the King himself, that Columbus knew he was not heading to India, that he was the most expert navigator in Castile and that the coat of arms used by the Admiral could not have been borrowed from the woolweaver's guild of Genoa. Confirming they were correct, is the original Royal Decree, signed by the Catholic Kings, that was located in 2006 in which is drawn the original arms of Columbus. The authors have added the original arms to their website.[2] Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Pico Island (Portuguese: Ilha do Pico, pron. ... Motto (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem  (national)  (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do Heroísmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region  -  President Carlos César Establishment  -  Settled 1439   -  Autonomy 1976  Area  -  Total 2,333 km² (n/a) 911 sq mi... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. ... The starting point of Crown of Castile can be considered when the union of the Kingdoms of Castile and Leon in 1230 or the later fusion of their Cortes (their Parliaments). ... The Catholic monarchs (Spanish: Reyes Católicos) is the collective title used in history for Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. ...

The research that went into writing this book is solid enough to have the endorsement of several members of the Portuguese scientific community and is the first such work to convincingly put in doubt the genoese theory. Mr. Rosa has participated in several conferences at the invitation of Portuguese universities and took part in a Discovery Channel interview presenting some of his findings in an upcoming Christopher Columbus special. Discovery Channel is a United States-based TV channel founded by John Hendricks. ...

Biography

Born in Pico, Azores in 1961, Manuel Rosa emigrated to the United States in 1973. Besides being a historian, he is also a poet, songwriter and producer[3], and is involved in the planing stages of a Regata to trace the Return Route of Columbus[4]. Pico Island (Portuguese: Ilha do Pico, pron. ... Motto (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem  (national)  (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do Heroísmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region  -  President Carlos César Establishment  -  Settled 1439   -  Autonomy 1976  Area  -  Total 2,333 km² (n/a) 911 sq mi... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ...

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