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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Discussing the question of how Christopher Columbus, the son of a Genoese wool weaver, could marry the daughter of a Portuguese Knight of Santiago, a member of the household of Prince John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz (Master of Santiago,) and of Prince Henry the Navigator's household, Samuel Eliot Morison [4] wrote that this is "no great mystery."
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]
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On October 12, 1492, while on Christopher Columbus' ship La Pinta, he sighted a land that was called Guanahani by the natives. [1] " Esta tierra vidó primero un marinero que se decía Rodrigo de Triana, puesto que el Almirante a las diez de la noche, estando en el castillo de popa, vidó lumbre aunque fue cosa tan cerrada que no quiso afirmar ...
The film, which opened on Nov. 16, 2001, became an instant box office sensation, paving way for one of the most successful franchises in movie history and turning then-unknown