Quote:The missionaries came along with the Spanish conquistadors in 1942.
No, but close...assuming you meant to type 1492 and not 1942.
We actually know the names and professions of Columbus' first crew and none were priests or monks or whatever.
http://www.christopher-columbus.eu/ships-crew.htm
Quote:Christopher Columbus' crew on the first voyage were from small towns in from Andalucia, and nearly all experienced seamen. The Spanish Sovereigns offered amnesty to convicts who signed up for the voyage, but only four men took up the offer: one who had killed a man in a fight, and three of his friends who then helped him escape from jail.
However, the priests most assuredly were along on the much larger Second Voyage in 1493... along with other vermin to foul up the Americas.
