Moseh de la Cruz appears in the Neal Stephenson novel The Confusion, and is in many ways the mastermind of the Bonanza adventure that makes up almost half of that book. Jack Shaftoe comments on his name: "Moses of the cross?" Moseh answers that it is perfectly apropos for a crypto-Jew. Neal Stephenson (b. ... The Confusion is a novel by Neal Stephenson. ... Jack Shaftoe is a fictional character featured in the novels of Neal Stephensons The Baroque Cycle. ... In the strictest sense, a Sephardi (ספרדי, Standard Hebrew Səfardi, Tiberian Hebrew ardî; plural Sephardim: ספרדים, Standard Hebrew Səfardim, Tiberian Hebrew ) is a Jew original to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal: ספרד, Standard Hebrew Səfárad, Tiberian Hebrew / ), or whose ancestors were among the Jews expelled from said peninsula during...

His Jewish ancestors were expelled from Portugal, where they settled for a time in Manhattan. His native american ancestors left him one of the actual beads with which that island was bought from them, which he keeps around his neck. Taking the best from both sides of the family, he is lethal when throwing tomahawks, and has formidible business acumen. Tomahawk may refer to: The tomahawk, a type of axe made and used by Native Americans The BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile, built in the United States The Curtiss P-40 fighter aircraft Tomahawk, an alternative rock band fronted by Mike Patton Tomahawk, Wisconsin, a city and Tomahawk (town), Wisconsin...

After surviving the Spanish Inquisition in Mexico City, Moseh settles in New Mexico and eventually becomes the ancestor of Avi, who masterminds the data haven project in the 21st-century portion of Cryptonomicon. Pedro Berruguete. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of, and largest city in, Mexico. ... This article needs cleanup. ... A Data Haven is a place where data is supposed to be secure at all times. ... Cryptonomicon is a sprawling novel by Neal Stephenson that is more a combination of historical fiction and contemporary techno-thriller than the science fiction of Stephensons earlier works. ...