After Columbus wrote the letter in 1493, it was reprinted in Latin and circulated across Europe. Several copies have resurfaced in the US, including this one stolen from Venice in the 1980s. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hide caption toggle caption U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement After Columbus wrote the letter in 1493, it was …
A 15th-century Christopher Columbus letter is finally back in Italy, decades after it disappeared from a Venice library and years after it resurfaced in Delaware. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it repatriated the letter to Rome on Wednesday following a “multifaceted international investigation.” “This is the fourth original edition of this letter …