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Child of Darkness, Child of Light is a 1991 American television horror film directed by Marina Sargenti, and starring Tony Denison, Brad Davis, and Claudette Nevins. It is based on the 1980 novel Virgin by James Patterson. The film follows a Catholic priest who goes to investigate two reported cases of virgin birth; one of God, and the other of ...
The Magic Voyage (German: Die Abenteuer von Pico & Columbus, lit. 'The Adventures of Pico and Columbus') is a 1992 German animated fantasy film produced and directed by Michael Schoemann. It was released in Germany by Atlas Film [1] on 14 February 1992. The film was later dubbed in English and released in the United States and Canada: two ...
Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
The film was a flop in the United States, debuting at number 7 with a gross of $3,002,680 (about $6.5 million today), [11] worse than the opening of Christopher Columbus: The Discovery earlier in the year, and went on to gross just $7 million [13] [14] [15] ($15.2 million today). [11]
A total lunar eclipse occurred on 1 March 1504, visible at sunset for the Americas, and later over night over Europe and Africa, and near sunrise over Asia.. During his fourth and last voyage, Christopher Columbus induced the inhabitants of Jamaica to continue provisioning him and his hungry men, successfully intimidating them by correctly predicting a total lunar eclipse for 1 March 1504 ...
Director Ridley Scott had considered making a Christopher Columbus movie for the Salkinds but instead opted to direct a rival project from producer Alain Goldman and written by Roselyne Bosch: 1492: Conquest of Paradise. [22] The Salkinds filed a lawsuit against Scott, alleging that the director stole ideas from their project.
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Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906. (ed., Different version available) Young, Alexander Bell Filson, Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery; a Narrative, with a Note on the Navigation of Columbus's First Voyage by the Earl of Dunraven, v. 2.