@neiltyson yeah. Amerigo Vespucci, Cristoforo Colombo and Marco Polo were all architects.
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@brutusway Italy paid for none of the great voyages of the Italian explorers. That was Spain and Portugal. -
@neiltyson@brutusway (1) Italy didn't exist; (2) Venice and Geneva were incumbents & had no incentive to dismantle their own trade empire.. - 1 more reply
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@neiltyson, the correct term is "conquerors," not "explorers." the lands they "explored" belonged to the people who lived there. -
@hayBEARS omg you just actually-ed@neiltyson. -
@Alhakofi@neiltyson and now I'm going to go hide under something.
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@neiltyson Yet one third of the world is Catholic. - 1 more reply
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@DNMRULES@neiltyson nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mflynny Nice to know that@neiltyson is a fan of colonialism. -
@morelikeregular@neiltyson And has apparently never heard of Vespucci. -
@mflynny@neiltyson Or Cabot. Or, come to think of it, the fact that the Spaniards planted cathedrals all over the Western Hemisphere.
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@neiltyson that's because they slaughtered ca. 50 million people who spoke languages other than Spanish and took over their land. -
@Sacrobosco2013@neiltyson Los antepasados de los actuales estadounidenses exterminaron a los nativos americanos. Por eso se habla inglés. -
@ferolitico@neiltyson Too true. Did not mean to imply Spain the only colonizers. My English ancestors played their part in genocide. - 1 more reply
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