Historic 1493 letter on Columbus voyage is returned to Italy
Thursday, May 19, 2016
ROME -- The United States has returned to Italy a letter written by Christopher Columbus in 1493 about his discovery of the New World that was stolen from a Florence library and unwittingly acquired by the Library of Congress.
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