Post by culpam on Jun 14, 2006 8:03:23 GMT -5
Many people forget that terra australis or Australia is in fact a Italian word meaning great south land, the fifth continent, land of the holy spirit, before the dutch or the british ever ventured here venetian sailors came to Australia & met the local inhabitants being the aboriginals, this occured in 1450, the italian mariners ventured back to Italy & gave the news to Pope Alexander, because italy was often a ally to spain & spoke similar languages, Pope Alexander annexed terra australis as the property of Spain & one must wonder if the british & spainish wars was actually fought because Pope Alexander gave the fifth continent to Spain, after many years of fighting the spainish armada was badly disabled & the british would declare that the fifth continent would be be a british colony not a spainish colony, Pope Alexander was furious & one must wonder if the church of England broke away from their Roman catholic founders just about the same time as Australia was discovered by italian mariners.