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Subject: Navigator on Spanish Money?
From: Lu Abel (lunav@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat May 26 2001 - 23:30:01 EDT
Recently, I was in Spain. Spanish money, rather than having pictures of
dead politicians like US money, has pictures of people famous in Spanish
history. For example, Pizzaro and Cortez are on the 1,000 peseta note and
Columbus is on the 5,000 peseta note.
Now here's my mystery. The 10,000 peseta note (equivalent to about $60 US)
has a picture of a gentlemen named Jorge Juan. Judging by his clothing
he's from the 1700s. He's surrounded by what look like navigational
instruments.
I've tried a Web search on him, but without success. If there's anyone on
the list who can shed some light on this mystery figure, I'd appreciate it.
Lu Abel
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