Legacy of Columbus

I think that Columbus doesn't deserve our reconition for being a heroic explorer. We should have the day off for all great explorers, instead of just this selfish scoundrel.

We learn in elementry school that Columbus was a great, vivid, and brave explorer, that braved the seas to find America, bringing wealth to his country, and begining the new age. We belived he was the first to discover America, and that without him, we wouldn't be able to enjoy this great country. We learned about his great navigational skills, and how he thought the Earth was round, instead of flat. Later, we learned the truth.

Columbus wasn''t the first to discover America, we have evidence that other explorers from different countries found it first, furthermore, Columbus landed on a few islands away from America, and belived until he died that he landed on India. Many scholars of that time also knew the Earth was round. The only thing that stands was, yes, he could navigate like no other. Now, the real facts about Columbus. He was the captian of a team of a genocidal crew, that commited attrocities that started the third largest genocide in the history of the planet. They killed millions of the friendly natives, for reasons unimaginable in the present day. He did unimaginable things for his entertainment, such as killing a native to feed a hungry dog, to lazy to walk to the surplus of food, countless rapes, and pranks that resulted in mass murder. He wiped out almost the entire population, and sent the rest to work in mines that didn't have anything. He was a ruthless, selfish, greedy explorer. Hopefully, people teach otherwise to later help us not take things for granted.