From The Maui (Hawaii) News of Oct. 7, 2005:
Voyage of discoveryKa’ano’i really should have rented the other Columbus movie of 1992—Christopher Columbus: The Discovery—in which (to quote Roger Ebert) the explorer "encounters friendly Indians, of which one - the chief's daughter - is positioned, bare-breasted, in the center of every composition." That would really have gotten his genealogical juices flowing.
By LEE IMADA, News Editor
A family historian looking into his Portuguese genealogy discovered that explorer Christopher Columbus is part of the family and lived many years in the Madeira islands, the homeland of many of the Hawaii’s first-generation Portuguese.
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“History, it’s important,” said [Patrick] Ka’ano’i. “It made me pay more attention. It gave it importance . . . that we were part of history.”
After his discovery, Ka’ano’i rented a copy of the movie “1492: The Conquest of Paradise,” the movie produced by Ridley Scott and released in 1992 starring Gerard Depardieu as Columbus. Ka’ano’i had seen the movie before, but this showing was different.
“It was fascinating to see a movie with a family connection,” Ka’ano’i said, noting that the opening scene was taken in Porto Santo.
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