Manuel da Silva Rosa
Manuel da Silva Rosa (born 1961)[1] is a Portuguese American writer and independent researcher and lecturer on the life of Christopher Columbus. Rosa received a PhD in Insular and Atlantic History (XV-XX Centuries) from Azores University (April 12, 2023) with a dissertation titled CRISTOFORO COLOMBO versus CRISTÓBAL COLÓN Cristoforo Colombo, the weaver from Genoa, was not Don Crsitóbal Colón, the navigator from Ibéria[2] and has published several controversial books and has been featured in Polish documentaries about Columbus and several other international media outlets.[citation needed]
In his latest book, Portugal na História, Uma Identidade (Lisbon, 2023) Professor João Paulo Oliveira e Costa describes Rosa's work as scrupulous, "No estudo recente de Manuel Rosa, que, respeitando escrupulosamente as fontes, deixa clara a impossibilidade de Colón ter nascido no seio de uma família de tecelões genoveses.”.[3]
Life
Rosa was born in Madalena, Pico Island, Portugal in 1961. He and his family emigrated to Boston in 1973.[1][4]
From 2008 to 2018 he worked as an IT analyst at Duke University.[5]
References
- ^ a b Rosa, Manuel da Silva, 1961- at the Library of Congress Authority control file
- ^ "Reconhecimento de Habilitações Provas Académicas". uac.pt (in European Portuguese). Universidade dos Açores. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ Oliveira e Costa, João Paulo (2022). Portugal na História - Uma Identidade. Temas e Debates. p. 402. ISBN 9789896446017.
- ^ "Livro 'Portugal e o Segredo de Colombo' de Manuel da Silva Rosa apresentado no Funchal" (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias (Madeira). Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Butler, Karen. "Modern Day Sherlock Holmes Unearths New Evidence; Claims Columbus Was Secret Agent". Duke University. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
External links
- e-Spanish Legal History Review, N.º 21 JUNIO 2015 http://www.iustel.com/v2/revistas/detalle_revista.asp?id_noticia=416163
- e-Spanish Legal History Review, N.º 19 ENERO 2015 - http://www.iustel.com/v2/revistas/detalle_revista.asp?id_noticia=415524
