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Luis De Torres

Luis De Torres, Christopher Columbus's interpreter, had nothing to do upon landfall in the New World, so he took up exploration, and found a large bird which he named 'Tukki', for peacock, thus giving us the name for the Turkey.

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History of Jews in the United States | History of the Jews in the United States | History of the Jews in the United States (Colonial Era-1906)

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