Assertion: syphilis | /r/HasProperty | carried to europe
Facets:
value: from the americas
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from the new world
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: of christopher columbus
type: TEMPORAL
value: after columbus' voyages
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Syphilis was present in the Americas before European contact, and it may have been carried from the Americas to Europe by the returning crewmen from Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas, or it may have existed in Europe previously but gone unrecognized until shortly after Columbus's return.
text: There are two primary hypotheses: one proposes that syphilis was carried to Europe from the Americas by the crew(s) of Christopher Columbus as a byproduct of the Columbian exchange, while the other proposes that syphilis previously existed in Europe but went unrecognized.
text: Some researchers argue that syphilis was carried from the New World to Europe after Columbus' voyages, while others argue the disease has a much longer history in Europe.