https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tags/mona-lisa/ Recent content in Mona Lisa on Life In Good Measure Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1503/ Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1503/ Cayman Islands, orginally called Las Tortugas (The Turtle Islands) due to the abundance of turtles there In the year 1503, Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands, which he names Las Tortugas (May 10), Naples is captured by the Spanish (May 13), King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor (Aug 8), Queen Isabella I of Spain prohibits violence against native tribes (Oct 30), Leonardo da Vinci probably starts work on painting the Mona Lisa in Florence, Vasco da Gama establishes India’s first Portuguese fortress at Kochi on the southwest coast of India - and all these fine people were born: