Zacut Saves Columbus
02/29/1504 AD helped
Columbus was desperate for provisions from the native Jamaicans after having been stranded there for over a year. He used Zacut's accurate prediction of the lunar eclipse to trick the locals into believing that he had divine connections.
Saint Ann's Bay
Lattitude: 18.4329° N
Longitude: 77.1974° W
Region: Central America
Modern Day Jamaica
Lattitude: 18.4329° N
Longitude: 77.1974° W
Region: Central America
Modern Day Jamaica
Subjects Who or What helped?
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Abraham ben Samuel Zacut (Abraham Zacuto) Royal Astronomer and His...
Objects To Whom or What was helped?
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Christopher Columbus (Don Cristoval Colon) First European to find A...
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