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!["Autism didn't exist before 1970™ In the early sixteenth century he embarked on a project to create a library of every book in the world, assembling around 15-20,000 books during his lifetime and creating the largest library of his day. "He personally went around and bought books on these extraordinary book shopping sprees where he was purchasing thousands of titles at a time." when a typical wealthy Spanish aristocrat might have had a library of around 200 to 300 books. Third, he employed full-time librarians who, as the scholar Klaus Wagner noted, were required to live on the premises to ensure that their top priority would be the library itself. [14] First, Columbus personally noted each and every book that he or his associates acquired by listing the date of purchase, the location and how much was paid. Columbus had his associates prepare summaries of each book in his collection and devised a hieroglyphic blueprint of his library. [11] | "So he paid an army of readers to essentially read every book in the library and distill it down to a short summary so that this enormous library could be at the disposal of a single person who would be able to control it."](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/924/337/d4c.jpeg "Dad can murder all the Indians he wants. I just want to READ for god’s sake! | History Memes")
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