Christopher Columbus went back to spain with wealth and glory for discovering the new world, but was he really a hero?
He can be viewed in both ways, but the evidence seems to lean to him being a villian rather than a hero. Here's why.
He...
- didn't really discover it, there were already people living there
- actually set out to find India
- misjudged the inhabitants as Indians
- called them simple, said they lacked religion
- set the stage for genocide
- brought and enslaved people
- brought disease from Spain
- got other people started on exploring and finding new lands
- led to the killing of the aztecs and the incas
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