Conversos with Columbus

This is the first of what I refer to as mini-posts that will focus on facts related to Crypto-Jews/Conversos in the New World.

The following is a list of Conversos who accompanied Christopher Columbus.

Luis de Torres
Alonso de la Calle
Marco the Surgeon
Mestre Bernal
Rodrigo Sanchez de Segovia
Rodrigo de Triana-His wife Isabel was burned at the stake Tarragona, Catalonia in 1490

Posted by Rabbi Juan Bejarano Gutierrez the director of the B’nei Anusim Center for Education. For a more complete review of Iberian Jewish history and the Crypto- Jewish Experience see The Rise of the Inquisition and Secret Jews: The Complex Identity of Crypto-Jews and Crypto-Judaism

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