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Local politicians have vowed to re-brand the island as Columbus' home But they acknowledge they cannot prove the theory is 100 per cent accurate It is based on 50-years of work by a self-styled investigative journalist Critics brand it a publicity stunt to attract tourists to Ibiza's cash-strapped holiday resorts

By Lee Moran

PUBLISHED: 11:44 EST, 28 September 2012 | UPDATED: 12:03 EST, 28 September 2012

Christopher Columbus was from Ibiza, politicians on the Spanish party isle have claimed.

The bizarre theory, which they admit they cannot categorically prove, is based largely on the fact that the fabled 15th century explorer had the same handwriting as Ibizans of the time.

And now, politicians have vowed to re-brand the island - better known for booze-cruise Brits, all-night clubbing and hard-core house music - as the home of America's discoverer.

Ibiza calling: The bizarre theory apparently disproves the widespread belief that Christopher Columbus was either Italian, Portuguese, or from Galicia in the north-west of Spain

That is despite them acknowledging that they cannot prove the theory, espoused by self-styled investigative journalist Nito Verdera, is 100 per cent accurate.

They also admit they truly cannot verify whether Columbus was born on the island, or even if he lived there for any period of time whatsoever.

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