Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy wasn't)

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Columbus was one of the so called explorers of the time. His original intent was to find a new route to India and it's trading facilities by sailing west. So, yes, they new that the world was round.Setting foot on the American continent, was nothing but an accident. The spanish crown would have never financed an expedition into the blue. Even more so, since the so called reconquista just came to a close.

Also, he was a saint compared to the shits that came after him. The so called conquistadores who utterly destroyed the native cultures within a short 40 years.