Christopher Columbus was in peril. Stranded in Jamaica with his starving crew, he had no way out… except one: using his astronomical knowledge to manipulate fear and superstition. What he did on the night of February 29, 1504 remains one of the most audacious moves in the history of a navigator thanks to an eclipse.
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