"Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honoured by posterity because he was the last to discover America."
— James Joyce

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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"The Mirage of the Fisherman of Aran: England's Safety Valve in Case of War," Piccolo della Sera (Trieste, 5 September 1912), printed in James Joyce: Occasional, Critical and Political Writing (2002) edited by Kevin Barry [Oxford University Press, ], p. 203