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On Columbus Day, remember Abraham Zacuto, the Jewish astronomer history forgot

Forward 13 Oct 2026
Abraham Zacuto, a Jewish astronomer born in Salamanca around 1452. Zacuto belonged to the same Iberian world as Columbus, but experienced its monarchies very differently ... Zacuto left Castile and continued his work in Portugal.
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On Columbus Day, remember Abraham Zacuto, the Jewish astronomer history forgot - opinion

The Jerusalem Post 12 Oct 2026
In 1935, the International Astronomical Union formally adopted the name Zagut for a lunar crater honoring Abraham ben Shmuel Zacuto. Modern astronomy has, literally, written his name on the Moon ....
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