Columbus wrote the letter to King Ferdinand of Spain in 1493 about his findings after the ‘discovery’ of the AmericasThe US has returned a rare 15th-century original edition of a letter written by Christopher Columbus to Italy, the federal US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency has announced.The letter, valued at over $1.3m, was revealed to have been stolen some time between 1985 and 1988, likely from the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, the historic public library in Venice. This news item is brought to you by The Guardian World News.