Ancient America Erased: The Council of the Indies 300-Year Book Ban

Ancient America was not simply "discovered" in 1492 - for 300 years, writing about it was against the law. Between 1500 and 1800, the Spanish Council of the Indies held the power to examine, license or ban any book concerning the Indies, keeping the rest of Europe in a state of darkness about the true history of this continent. This breakdown connects that 300-year information blackout to a pattern hiding in plain sight on the map of Europe: the "-ish" nations. Irish, British, English, Spanish, Polish, Swedish, Finnish - all clustered on one side of the continent. There is no Romania-ish, …

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