Talk:Rodrigo de Triana
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[edit] The "diary" of Luis de Torres
I deleted all references to and quotations from this "diary". There's no such thing; a look on Google Book Search seems to indicate it first popped up around 1950 in bargain bin quality Jewish history books. Not one Columbus book I have mentions it, and they would for something like that if it existed. The only kind of diary known from Columbus's first voyage is Columbus's own logbook, as transcribed by Las Casas. 69.227.126.47 16:02, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "Dubious"
Not only is that unsourced (Beyond "This dude said it"), but the articel on said "historian" is swiped from the EB (11th ed.), which claims that said history "contains almost as many lies as pages". Lacking a better citation, I'm tagging that as dubious at best. 68.39.174.238 18:15, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "Crow's nest"?
I don't see any indication in the provided quote that de Triana was in the "crow's nest." As far as I can discover, the modern crow's nest (presumably including the name) was not invented until 1870 the late 1700s or early 1800s, by Arctic explorer Captain William Scoresby (Sr.). Obviously sailors have made observations from mastheads as long as there have been masts, but that means something quite different. Any thoughts? Trevor Hanson 17:24, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
