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may have found new evidence
proving these great men mistaken!
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You are aware of Marin de Tyr?
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We are.
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Then you are also aware that
his theories contradict Ptolemeus...
:14:21
De Tyr believes the ocean to be
only 750 leagues.
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Toscanelli...
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and the French Cardinal D'Ailly,
both think De Tyr
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is accurate in his calculations.
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Therefore the ocean can be crossed.
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Silence!
:14:41
Gentlemen, are we here to examine
this man's proposal, or not?
:14:48
Let's suppose the moment...
:14:49
Marin de Tyr is right.
ln your opinion,
:14:53
how long would it take?
:14:56
Seven weeks.
:14:57
Six, during the summer.
:14:59
De Tyr is wrong.
:15:01
He's contradicted by the finest...
:15:04
geographers.
:15:06
Your voyage, Senor Colombus,
would take a year.
:15:11
Suppose you cross the ocean
and reach Asia...
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What would Spain do there?
:15:17
Trade, Your Excellency.
:15:22
According to Marco Polo,
the Kingdom of China is one of
the richest lands in the
:15:28
The meanest buildings
are roofed in gold.
:15:31
lt's your only interest?
:15:33
Gold?
:15:35
No.
:15:37
l'll bring these people to God
:15:39
and make them subjects
of Castille and Aragon.
:15:44
From a Realm,
:15:46
Spain will become an Empire!
:15:49
lf God intended
our proximity to Asia
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do you believe he'd have waited
for you to show it?
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He chose a carpenter's son
to reveal Himself to the world.