Finding a Land of Gold

摘要

Complete this sentence: In fourteen hundred and ninety two... Right: Columbus sailed the ocean blue. How many times did you hear that as a child? For me it evoked visions of the dashing Christopher, standing on the mizzen deck confidently shouting commands, following a noble quest for queen and country. Off he set with a contingent of sailors, hale and hearty, to find a shortcut to the land of spices. OK - it was the Spanish queen and he was Italian but let's not wreck the image with minor details.