Sure enough, the very thing the Inquisition did not want to see happen, which was for Sephardim to cut across the ocean, did in fact occur. Records reveal that the majority of the passengers' names on Columbus' ships, La Nina, La Pinta y La Santa Maria so happened to be of Sephardic origin. Yes, I'm referring to many commonly known Hispanic and Latino apellidos or surnames such as ours. Due to the records, I hypothesize that Mr. Columbus was doing nothing less than bussing Sephardic families as far away from harm's way as possible. After all, we've discovered that Columbus' mother, wife and mother-in-law had confessed to the Inquisition that they were Sephardic Jews. While Columbus was never referred to as a Marrano yet it's apparent he was what was called a Nuevo Creyente, a Converso or a New Christian.