Alana in Canada
10-10-2008, 12:19 AM
We listened to it this morning (timely, as we studied Columbus in SoTW2 just last week!).
It was a wee bit historically inaccurate in that they proclaimed Columbus's motivation was to "discover new worlds." sigh. But I pointed it out to the kids. There was also a plot involving a french spy in the Spanish court--not sure that was correct either.
And Columbus's deal with the sailors? My daughter told me he promised them they would turn around and set sail for home if they didn't see land within three days, instead of just one, mentioned in the Odyssey script.
Hmmm. Maybe you don't want to listen to it after all?!
http://www.whitsend.org/radio/
It's at the top of the liston the right, under "past shows."
It was a wee bit historically inaccurate in that they proclaimed Columbus's motivation was to "discover new worlds." sigh. But I pointed it out to the kids. There was also a plot involving a french spy in the Spanish court--not sure that was correct either.
And Columbus's deal with the sailors? My daughter told me he promised them they would turn around and set sail for home if they didn't see land within three days, instead of just one, mentioned in the Odyssey script.
Hmmm. Maybe you don't want to listen to it after all?!
http://www.whitsend.org/radio/
It's at the top of the liston the right, under "past shows."