Should Christopher Columbus be celebrated as a hero
Celebrated as Hero
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Ok so the voyages of Columbus under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain sent him across the Atlantic Ocean which he accomplished, and in doing so he initiated the Spanish colonisation of the New World and in the process the conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires. I would suggest that if I were Spanish I might think he was a hero but to my mind he was just a merchant adventurer and seafarer who earned his gold upon the deaths of thousands of native south americans. Side: Celebrated as Hero
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Columbus sailed the Atlantic to find India but he found America.Did he succeed in his mission,well i say no.Rather da gama,Marco polo would be celebrated as heroes.Columbus had his share of luck to discover America;one should not follow sb who simply got fame through total luck. Side: Not worthy of celebration
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1492. The teachers told the children that this was when their continent was discovered by human beings. Actually, millions of human beings were already living full and imaginative lives on the continent in 1492. That was simply the year in which sea pirates began to cheat and rob and kill them. - Kurt Vonnegut 'Breakfast of Champions' Side: Not worthy of celebration
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