... 1451. He received very little formal schooling, but taught himself Portuguese, Spanish, and Latin. He never learned to read or write Italian. As a teenager he took particular interest in the sea, and believed he could reach the East Indies in a few weeks, although at this time the world was believed to be flat, and to risk sailing out to the horizon ... , for saying Columbus did discover America, and that he was a hero. The many wrong-doings of Columbus are all overlooked. To start with, he took the rewards for discovering the Caribbean for himself, when it was indeed the Pinta that kept...

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... bringing Spain gold and spices, Columbus was promised 10% of the profits, governorship over new-found lands, and the fame that would go with a new title: Admiral of the Ocean Sea .But they found no gold fields nor spices, so his disastrous alternative was to go on a slave raid. Columbus and his men rounded up 1500 Arawak men, women, and children ... goods and good sources. Within a decade of Christopher Columbus's arrival the native population decreased from one million to thirty thousand. Christopher is a far cry from a hero. When he reached the Caribbean in 1492 he had little interest...

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