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\\ ho \vj> the first Jew to set on Amencan soil: Thts cjues-lion h;:> ne'vcr, to our knowledge, Seen an^\\ ered .satisfactorily. Perhaps ihcrf -> no true answer,, none that can he prAen true Neyond the shadow of n do^ibt. To kiennfv the man who w MS the first to touch the g-vdcn shore of the Western Conb-ncr.: :s no casv matter. The doubt-f^ a-jthenr-crrv of post annals renders the cuesi a lon^: and arduous
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T.^T:: ** 2.- z Ir5.rr:fti doctor cf . Ka'^rlmg, who rc--mrns^'-.n from a group
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he w rote as a result of his findings he made z thorough job of it. The volume was originally brought out in Gf nnan- and then translated into English. The Litter version bears the pubiicabon date, 1894. It is supplied with cop*ous references pointing to the sources of his authority. And, in the main, this work by Dr. Kavserling can be set down as authentic.
According K> the karned doctor of Budapest, the complete list of those who accompanied Columbus on his first voyage is lost. But he Tenrures to affirm that there were several men of Jewish stock among
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the crew that sailed with the famous navigator on that memorable trip. He goes even further and mentions five so-<*[led Jews who shared with Columbus the glory of the greatest adventure known in the world's history. > So, if we pin our faith on Dr. Kayscrling, we have hut to choifcu �illlffig the five, and ' we have our mail* Thus, by a simple proce& of elimination, we may ultimately arrive at a solution.
Now, who were these five and what roles did they pby in that memorable expedition? ~Four of these men emerge as rather vague and shadowy in outline. One of them is Alonso <tr la Callo, who is described as a former resident of the Jew's Lane, whence his name was derived, and whose death occurred in Hispaniola (Havti), May 23, 150.?. Another was Rodcrigo Sanchez of Segovia, who appears to have been a distinguished personage, being related to the royal treasurer, Gabriel Sanchez, and was prominently identified with the Columbus expeditinn, having joined k at the "particular request of Queen of Isabella.'* In truth, a queen's request is a* goixl as a command. Roderigo Sanchez was close to the queen and the. Castflian <?ourt. Moreover, he wa!s close to Columbus when the laner, on first landing, drew his sw*ord and Unfurled the royal standard to tne tvreeZfc of San Salvador, His name is mentioned in various accounts ns amon<t the select few who assembled around Columbus on that memorable first landing.
Two other men of Jewish lineage who sailed with Columbus on his maiden vovage, were Macstre Bernal, a physician, and Marco, a surgeon. Marco can be dismissed as shadowy and undefined. Beyond his name, his profession, and the fact that he was of Jewish blood, the past records appear non-commktal. Maestre Bernal, however, �s desr cribed by Dr. Kayseiltng as having resided in a place called Tortosa; we learn, moreover, that Bernal had been subjected to a "public menace** as an adherent of Judaism. This public trial took pbce at Valencia in October, H90, at the same time that a Jewish married pair, Solomon Andret and wife, suffered death at the stake. After this harrowing experience, rr is no wonder that Ber-
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But of the five. crypto- Jtws \\\\<} chose to join the "mad" on his perilous adventure than accompany their co in exile, following the wholesal pulsion of the Jews from Spain w August 2, M92, the most clrtrl\ outlined personality w Luis dr 1 ..r-res. He appears aljo to havr Urn the most Jewish. In the old IVNM ries and records that I havr ^ amined, he is defmitely_descriWil :ts having been formerly a Jew. lh. Kayserhng speaks of him as h.iv in-been ba|>dzed shortly before Columbus sailed. Washington Irving, in his splendid account of the lift of Columbus, refers to him as an raelite. From all indications, J de Torres emerges as the oniv f lower of Columbus, A w4iose names have come down r*i us, he was ' undeniably of Ji-wrJi blood. The records and past nals refer to him as such, wf I have failed to note any identificatinn with regard to others,
Bnfwer-Lirtten once wfote history only preserves the floMevi bones of what we arc. Nothing more than the "fleshless bones" �>f Luis de Torres have been prcM-ivr-l to posterity. It is impossible to conjure up the true spirit of the nun; only the bare skeleton and the "mocking skull" remain to show iu what manner of a man he was. But this much we know; we get a fullrr and a more complete picture of Luis dc Torres than we do of am of the other. Dr. M. Kayserling Devotes several pages to him ami h^ work, wmle he refers to the others all too briefly. We are told that Luis de Tcrreo had been in the , m-ploy of no less a personage than the of Murcia. He appe,ir- to
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