(October 10, 2012 at 11:31 pm)Chuck Wrote: Were it not for Columbus, the whole of the world would probably still have been similar to what it had been in 1450.Yea that may be true but I hate how Christianity has hijacked his exploration and lie calling it a "discovery". No he put the Americas on the map, yes. But he did not "discover" shit. Humans were already in the Americas. Not to mention European Christians INVADED the Americas in the centuries to come.
Compare to that, I am glad of columbus.
He should not be valued in the fact that he started an invasion. He should only be valued as a map maker. We cannot treat real history as all childrens books. While there was benefit from it, there was tons of harm to the natives because of it.
