Setting sail against pirates of the pandemic

By Zoë Wundenberg
Updated July 2 2021 - 4:02am, first published August 3 2020 - 7:00pm
LESSONS FOR LIFE: History offers many lessons for us today. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK
LESSONS FOR LIFE: History offers many lessons for us today. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

This week in history, August 3, 1492, to be precise, Christopher Columbus set sail on his famous voyage from the Spanish port of Palos on a quest to open up a western sea route to the Eastern world.

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